Deep-Sea Ecosystems Off Mauritania

Dr. Ana Ramos, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Vigo, Spain

1. Deep˗sea Ecosystems off Mauritania: An Introduction.- 2. The Mauritanian Margin Bathymetric and Geomorphological Characteristics.- 3. Oceanography of the Cape Verde Basin and Mauritanian Slope Waters.- 4. Demersal Ichthyofaunal Assemblages in Mauritanian Waters.- 5. Deep Chondrichthyes in Mauritanian Waters.- 6. Overlapping Distribution of Two Sympatric Species: The Case of Black Hakes, Merluccius polli Cadenat 1960 and Merluccius senegalensis Cadenat 1960, off Mauritania.- 7. An Overview of Bathyal Soft˗bottom Megabenthos off Mauritania.- 8. Composition and Distribution of Epibenthic and Demersal Assemblages in Mauritanian Deep Waters.- 9. Decapod Assemblages in Mauritanian Waters.-10. Cephalopods in Mauritanian Waters.- 11. Hydrozoans from Mauritanian Deep Waters.- 12. Echinoderms of Mauritanian Deep˗sea Bottoms.- 13. The Giant Cold˗water Coral Mounds Barrier off Mauritania.- 14. A First Insight into the Megabenthos of the Mauritanian Canyons.- 15. Wolof’s Knoll:A Small Seamount on the Mauritanian Continental Slope.- 16. Faunistic Collections of Demersal and Benthic Species from Mauritania.- 17. An Overview of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems off Mauritanian Deep˗Waters.