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A test of the seamount oasis hypothesis: seamounts support higher epibenthic megafaunal biomass than adjacent slopes

  1. Ashley A. Rowden1,
  2. Thomas A. Schlacher2,
  3. Alan Williams3,
  4. Malcolm R. Clark1,
  5. Robert Stewart1,
  6. Franziska Althaus3,
  7. David A. Bowden1,
  8. Mireille Consalvey1,
  9. Wayne Robinson2,
  10. Joanne Dowdney3

Article first published online: 2 AUG 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00369.x

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Marine Ecology

Marine Ecology

Special Issue: Recent Advances in Seamount Ecology

Volume 31, Issue Supplement s1, pages 95–106, September 2010

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Rowden, A. A., Schlacher, T. A., Williams, A., Clark, M. R., Stewart, R., Althaus, F., Bowden, D. A., Consalvey, M., Robinson, W. and Dowdney, J. (2010), A test of the seamount oasis hypothesis: seamounts support higher epibenthic megafaunal biomass than adjacent slopes. Marine Ecology, 31: 95–106. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00369.x

Author Information

  1. 1

     National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand

  2. 2

     Faculty of Science, Health & Education, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia

  3. 3

     Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

*Ashley A. Rowden, NIWA, Private Bag 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand. E-mail: a.rowden@niwa.co.nz

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 SEP 2010
  2. Article first published online: 2 AUG 2010
  3. Accepted: 8 March 2010

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