Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-275

  Kahng, S E ^a   Garcia Sais, J R ^b   Spalding, H L ^c   Brokovich, E ^d   Wagner, D ^c   Weil, E ^e   Hinderstein, L ^f   Toonen, R J ^g  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Deep coral reef; Ecology; Mesophotic; Scleractinian

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77449138623     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0593-6     Document Type: Article

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