A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago

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Volumn 2016, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Pyle, Richard L ^a   Boland, Raymond ^b,c   Bolick, Holly ^a   Bowen, Brian W ^d   Bradley, Christina J ^e,f   Kane, Corinne ^g   Kosaki, Randall K ^h   Langston, Ross ^a   Longenecker, Ken ^a   Montgomery, Anthony ^d,i   Parrish, Frank A ^b   Popp, Brian N ^f   Rooney, John ^j   Smith, Celia M ^f   Wagner, Daniel ^h   Spalding, Heather L ^f  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Author keywords

Amino acid isotopic composition; Closedcircuit rebreathers; Endemism; Hawaiian Archipelago; Mesophotic coral ecosystems; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CENTROPYGE POTTERI; CORAL REEF; CTENOCHAETUS STRIGOSUS; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FERTILITY; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HAWAII; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEPTOSERIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MACROALGA; MESOPHOTIC CORAL ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OTOLITH; PARUPENEUS MULTIFASCIATUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES REFUGE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84992146802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2475     Document Type: Article

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