Using light-dependent scleractinia to define the upper boundary of mesophotic coral ecosystems on the reefs of Utila, Honduras

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Laverick, Jack H ^a,b   Andradi Brown, Dominic A ^a,b   Rogers, Alex D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Hope House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN; CORAL; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; HONDURAS; HUMAN; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPECIES; ZONATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLASSIFICATION; LIGHT; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HONDURAS; LIGHT;

EID: 85027491948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183075     Document Type: Article

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