Theme section on mesophotic coral ecosystems: advances in knowledge and future perspectives

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Loya, Yossi ^a   Eyal, Gal ^a,b   Treibitz, Tali ^c   Lesser, Michael P ^d   Appeldoorn, Richard ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Connectivity; Coral reef management; Deep reef refugia hypothesis; Mesophotic coral ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84957590281     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1410-7     Document Type: Editorial

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