Euphyllia paradivisa, a successful mesophotic coral in the northern Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba, Red Sea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-102

  Eyal, Gal ^a,b   Eyal Shaham, Lee ^a,b   Cohen, Itay ^b,c   Tamir, Raz ^b,d   Ben Zvi, Or ^a   Sinniger, Frederic ^e,f   Loya, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep reef refugia hypothesis (DRRH); Light; Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs); Photoacclimation; Photosynthesis; US Endangered Species Act

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; EUPHYLLIA PARADIVISA;

EID: 84958757183     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1372-1     Document Type: Article

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