To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest?

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Laverick, Jack H ^a,b   Andradi Brown, Dominic A ^a,b   Exton, Dan A ^b   Bongaerts, Pim ^c   Bridge, Tom C L ^d   Lesser, Michael P ^e   Pyle, Richard L ^f   Slattery, Marc ^g   Wagner, Daniel ^h   Rogers, Alex D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Hope House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Coral reefs; Depth; Mesophotic coral ecosystems; Twilight zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982678179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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