Editors:
- Presents an excellent comprehensive overview on the biodiversity and marine ecosystems, geomorphology and oceanography of the west African continental margins
- Unique mapping of the sea bottom, including new discoveries such as a giant coral carbonate mounds barrier, canyons and seamonts
- Serves as an important reference work for marine research in Northwest Africa including the fascinating waters of Mauritania
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book compiles the main findings of the multidisciplinary long-term research program developed in the continental margin of one of the more productive and unknown areas of the world oceans, Northwest Africa. The more than 25,000 preserved fishes and benthic invertebrates and quantitative data collected in 342 trawling stations, the 267 oceanographic profiles, the 211 sediment samples and the 28,122 km2 prospected by multi˗beam echo sounding allowed to obtain an overview of the amazing biodiversity of the demersal and benthic fauna inhabiting soft- and hard-bottom habitats, as well as the fascinating geomorphology and oceanography, hidden in the Mauritanian slope.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Instituto Español de Oceanografía , Vigo, Spain
Ana Ramos
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Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Fran Ramil
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Instituto Español de Oceanografía , Madrid, Spain
José Luis Sanz
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Deep-Sea Ecosystems Off Mauritania
Book Subtitle: Research of Marine Biodiversity and Habitats in the Northwest African Margin
Editors: Ana Ramos, Fran Ramil, José Luis Sanz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1023-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1021-1Published: 11 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1468-4Published: 18 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1023-5Published: 25 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 683
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 176 illustrations in colour
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Oceanography, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management