Patterns of colonisation in an implanted mammal carcass in the deep-Atlantic ocean

Whale carcasses reaching the bottom of the ocean, known as “whale falls”, represent massive organic inputs that provide habitat islands for complex communities of specialised fauna. However, studies about these habitats are mostly restricted to the Pacific Ocean. To investigate the importance of wha...

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Autor principal: Guedes, Inês Ferreira (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14018
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/14018