Exploring deep coral reefs: How much biodiversity are we missing?

Global Biodiversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-7

  Pyle, Richard L ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

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EID: 0005482348     PISSN: 11953101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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20. The author descended a reef wall in Papua New Guinea using a Cis-Lunar MK-4P closed circuit mixed-gas rebreather. Advanced diving technology is providing unprecedented opportunities to explore the biodiversity inhabiting the Twilight Zone. Photo: B. Halstead