Environmental factors influencing benthic communities in the oxygen minimum zones on the Angolan and Namibian margins

<p>Thriving benthic communities were observed in the oxygen minimum zones along the southwestern African margin. On the Namibian margin, fossil cold-water coral mounds were overgrown by sponges and bryozoans, while the Angolan margin was characterized by cold-water coral mounds covered by a li...

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Main Authors: U. Hanz, C. Wienberg, D. Hebbeln, G. Duineveld, M. Lavaleye, K. Juva, W.-C. Dullo, A. Freiwald, L. Tamborrino, G.-J. Reichart, S. Flögel, F. Mienis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-11-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/4337/2019/bg-16-4337-2019.pdf