Structural and functional similarity of epibenthic communities on standing and reefed platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Ryan Rezek (1) , Benoit Lebreton (2) , Terence A Palmer (3, 4) , Gregory Stunz (3) , Jennifer Beseres Pollack (1)

1 Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
2 LIENSs - LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés
3 Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
4 Texas A&M University [Corpus Christi]

Mots clés: Epibenthic communities; Food resources; Northwestern Gulf of Mexico; Stable isotopes; Artificial reef; Rigs-to-reef; Food web

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

Ryan Rezek, Benoit Lebreton, Terence A Palmer, Gregory Stunz, Jennifer Beseres Pollack. Structural and functional similarity of epibenthic communities on standing and reefed platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Progress in Oceanography, 2018, 168, pp.145 - 154. ⟨10.1016/j.pocean.2018.09.020⟩. ⟨hal-01931447⟩