Meiofauna and macrofauna community structure in relation to sediment composition at the Iberian margin compared to the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic)

E Flach, A Muthumbi, C Heip - Progress in oceanography, 2002 - Elsevier
Meiofauna and macrofauna communities and several sediment characteristics were
compared between a slope situated far from the coast (Goban Spur) and two transects …

Zonation of deep biota on continental margins

RS Carney - Oceanography and marine biology, 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Pioneering deep-sea surveys established that the fauna of the continental margins is zoned
in the sense that individual species and assemblages occupy restricted depth bands. It has …

Biodiversity and ecological composition of macrobenthos on cold-water coral mounds and adjacent off-mound habitat in the bathyal Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic

LA Henry, JM Roberts - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2007 - Elsevier
The cold-water scleractinian corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata form mound
structures on the continental shelf and slope in the NE Atlantic. This study is the first to …

Deep-sea sponge grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest Atlantic

LI Beazley, EL Kenchington, FJ Murillo… - ICES Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Beazley, LI, Kenchington EL, Murillo, FJ, and Sacau, M. 2013. Deep-sea sponge
grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest …

A comparison between the megafauna communities on the NW Iberian and Celtic continental margins—effects of coastal upwelling?

MSS Lavaleye, GCA Duineveld, EM Berghuis… - Progress in …, 2002 - Elsevier
Megafauna biomass and feeding guilds were studied on the NW Iberian upwelling
Continental Margin in order to determine the presence of enriched zones pointing to …

The cold‐water coral community as hotspot of carbon cycling on continental margins: A food‐web analysis from Rockall Bank (northeast Atlantic)

D Oevelen, G Duineveld, M Lavaleye… - Limnology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We present a quantitative food‐web analysis of the cold‐water coral community, ie, the
assembly of living corals, dead coral branches and sediment beneath, associated with the …

Use of predictive habitat modelling to assess the distribution and extent of the current protection of 'listed'deep‐sea habitats

RE Ross, KL Howell - Diversity and Distributions, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To demonstrate the application of predictive species distribution modelling methods to
habitat mapping and assessment of percentage area‐based conservation targets. Location …

The distribution of deep-sea sponge aggregations in the North Atlantic and implications for their effective spatial management

KL Howell, N Piechaud, AL Downie, A Kenny - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sponge aggregations have been recognised as key component of shallow benthic
ecosystems providing several important functional roles including habitat building and …

Depth-related distribution and abundance of seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Porcupine Seabight and Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic

KL Howell, DSM Billett, PA Tyler - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2002 - Elsevier
The depth-related distribution of seastar (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) species between 150
and 4950m in the Porcupine Seabight and Porcupine Abyssal Plain is described. 47 species …

Sedimentary labile organic carbon and pore water redox control on species distribution of benthic foraminifera: A case study from Lisbon–Setúbal Canyon (southern …

KA Koho, RD García, HC De Stigter, E Epping… - Progress in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Rose Bengal stained benthic foraminifera were studied from 11 cores collected along two
depth transects off southern Portugal: one in the Lisbon–Setúbal Canyon and the other …