Diversity of Scleractinia and Octocorallia in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Bridge, T C L ^a   Fabricius, K E ^b   Bongaerts, P ^c   Wallace, C C ^d   Muir, P R ^d   Done, T J ^b   Webster, J M ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Great Barrier Reef; Mesophotic; Octocorallia; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHOTIC ZONE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84857190879     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0828-1     Document Type: Article

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