High coral cover on a mesophotic, subtropical island platform at the limits of coral reef growth

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-46

  Linklater, Michelle ^a   Carroll, Andrew G ^b   Hamylton, Sarah M ^a   Jordan, Alan R ^c   Brooke, Brendan P ^b   Nichol, Scott L ^b   Woodroffe, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balls Pyramid; Coral expansion; Coral reefs; Mesophotic reefs; Refugia; Subtropical reefs

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; SEAFLOOR; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSECT;

BALLS PYRAMID; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84994245955     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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