Upper and lower mesophotic coral reef fish communities evaluated by underwater visual censuses in two Caribbean locations

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 139-151

  Pinheiro, H T ^a,b   Goodbody Gringley, G ^c   Jessup, M E ^a   Shepherd, B ^a   Chequer, A D ^d   Rocha, L A ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^d Ocean Support Foundation   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Cura ao; Deep reefs; Ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CENSUS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; REFUGIUM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER; WATER DEPTH;

BERMUDA; CURACAO; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ANTHOZOA; CURA;

EID: 84958777861     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1381-0     Document Type: Article

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