Mesophotic coral Reefs of the Puerto Rico Shelf

Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 365-374

  Armstrong, Roy A ^a   Singh, Hanumant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AUV; Mesophotic reefs; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875691788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00024-4     Document Type: Chapter

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