Higher species richness of octocorals in the upper mesophotic zone in Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) compared to shallower reef zones

Coral Reefs

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 71-81

  Shoham, Erez ^a   Benayahu, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep reef; Mesophotic coral reef ecosystem (MCE); Octocorallia; Red Sea; Soft corals

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALLOW WATER; SOFT CORAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

EILAT; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 85007228572     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1528-7     Document Type: Article

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