11.12 - Shelf and slope waters

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Waters of the continental shelf, underwater plateau extending from the coast to a depth of about 100 fathoms, beyond which the continental slope falls steeply toward the ocean bottom.

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)

Nicholson, 1977; Nelson, 1980; Lofgren, 1984; Augier, 1985; Fiala-Médione & al., 1987; Wood, 1988; Barnes and Hughes, 1988; Lalli and Parsons, 1995.