Mesophotic coral ecosystems

Marine Animal Forests: The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 185-206

  Kahng, Sam ^a   Copus, Joshua M ^b   Wagner, Daniel ^c  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Deep coral reef; Depth refugia; Endemism; Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041663327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21012-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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