Mesophotic coral ecosystems under anthropogenic stress: a case study at Ponce, Puerto Rico

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 63-75

  Appeldoorn, Richard ^a   Ballantine, David ^a   Bejarano, Ivonne ^a   Carlo, Milton ^a   Nemeth, Michael ^a   Otero, Ernesto ^a   Pagan, Francisco ^a   Ruiz, Hector ^a   Schizas, Nikolaos ^a   Sherman, Clark ^a   Weil, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stress; Benthic communities; Fishes; Management; Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs); Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISH; PHOTIC ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; SPONGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY;

PUERTO RICO;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; PISCES;

EID: 84958762224     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1360-5     Document Type: Article

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