11.212 - Abyssal benthic communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Benthic communities of abyssal plains and abyssal hills, large relatively level areas of the deep ocean floor, covered by thin layers of biogenic or nonbiogenic oozes.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Pautot, 1983; Barnes and Hughes, 1988; Clark, 1990.