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Description:
Author(s):
Hecker, Barbara.
Title:
Epifaunal zonation and community structure in three Mid- and North Atlantic canyons : final report for the canyon assessment study in the Mid- and North Atlantic areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf / Barbara Hecker, Gretchen Blechschmidt and Patricia Gibson.
Imprint:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1980.
Physical Description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
General Note:
"Prepared for U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management."
"Published January 11, 1980."
"Contract no. BLM AA551-CT8-49."
Abstract:
"The coral and other epibenthic fauna of Baltimore, Oceanographer and Lydonia Canyons were studied using a towed underwater camera system. The field program took place during two cruises on the R/V Eastward in May, 1979 .... The photographic survey was also augmented by dredging for specimens to aid in species identification."
Abstract:
"The abundance and distribution of the epibenthic and coral fauna of three major canyons was studied using 'Cheep Tow', a towed underwater camera sled. The three canyons surveyed were Baltimore, Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons, with particular emphasis on the depths between 200 to 1000 meters."
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Topical Term:
Marine animals North Atlantic Ocean.
Animal communities North Atlantic Ocean.
Benthic animals North Atlantic Ocean.
Fish surveys North Atlantic Ocean.
Corals Habitat North Atlantic Ocean.
Submarine valleys North Atlantic Ocean.
Geographic Name:
Baltimore Canyon Environmental conditions.
Lydonia Canyon Environmental conditions.
Personal Name:
Blechschmidt, Gretchen.
Gibson, Patricia.
Corporate Name:
United States. Bureau of Land Management.
Eastward (Ship). Cruise (1979)
Cheep Tow (Photographic sled)
Access Information:
| Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | STACKS | QL128 .H4 1980 | BOOK | 1
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