Salinity controls the upper depth limit of black corals in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-52

  Kregting, Louise T ^a,c   Gibbs, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Black coral; Distribution; Doubtful Sound; Fiords; Light; Milford Sound; New Zealand; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; DOUBTFUL SOUND; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; ANTIPATHES FIORDENSIS;

EID: 33646846973     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517402     Document Type: Article

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