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Title: | Do giant barnacles contribute to deep-water biogenic reef formation in Maltese waters? |
Authors: | Pisani, Christina Knittweis, Leyla Alvarez, Helena Garcia, S. Schembri, Patrick J. |
Keywords: | Deep-sea ecology -- Malta Deep-sea ecology -- Mediterranean Region |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | La Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée |
Citation: | Pisani, C., Knittweis, L., Alvarez, H., Garcia, S., & Schembri, P. J. (2019). Do giant barnacles contribute to deep-water biogenic reef formation in Maltese waters?. Rapport Commission International Mer Mediterranee, 42, 19. |
Abstract: | Deep-sea ROV surveys in the west Malta Graben allowed re-evaluation of previous work on the association of the giant barnacle, Pachylasma giganteum, with cold-water corals and other habitat-forming species, and this species’ contribution to formation of biogenic structures. While only a minor contributor to habitat architecture when anthozoans and other large sessile species are dominant, P. giganteum may become a habitat-former in the absence of competing species. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/50086 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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