Exploration of the Deep-Sea Fauna of Papua New Guinea
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| Date | 2012-09 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Pante Eric1, Corbari Laure2, Thubaut Justine2, Chan Tin-Yam3, 4, Mana Ralph5, Boisselier Marie-Catherine2, 6, Bouchet Philippe2, Samadi Sarah2, 7 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA 2 : Museum Natl Hist Nat, Dept Systemat & Evolut, F-75231 Paris, France. 3 : Natl Taiwan Univ, Inst Marine Biol, Taipei, Taiwan. 4 : Natl Taiwan Univ, Ctr Excellence Marine Bioenvironm & Biotechnol, Taipei, Taiwan. 5 : Univ Papua New Guinea, Sch Nat & Phys Sci, Port Moresby, Papua N Guinea. 6 : Ctr Natl Rech Sci, Paris, France. 7 : Inst Rech Dev, Paris, France. |
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| Source | Oceanography (1042-8275) (Oceanography Soc), 2012-09 , Vol. 25 , N. 3 , P. 214-225 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.5670/oceanog.2012.65. | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 35 | ||||||||
| Abstract | Little is known of New Guinea's deep benthic communities. In fall 2010, the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, and University of Papua New Guinea spearheaded an international three-leg cruise, BioPapua, aimed at exploring the deep waters of eastern Papua New Guinea and its satellite islands. Special attention was given to faunal assemblages associated with sunken wood and decomposing vegetation as well as seamount summits and slopes. In this article, we review the information available on the deep ecosystems of Papua New Guinea and summarize preliminary results of the BioPapua cruise. | ||||||||
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