Seriatopora diversity preserved in upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in Southern Japan

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Sinniger, Frederic ^a   Prasetia, Rian ^a   Yorifuji, Makiko ^a   Bongaerts, Pim ^b   Harii, Saki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep reef refuge hypothesis; Diversity; NW pacific; Reef recovery; Seriatopora

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020222953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00155     Document Type: Article

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