To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic review

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Laverick, Jack H ^a,b   Piango, Shanice ^c   Andradi Brown, Dominic A ^a,b,k   Exton, Dan A ^b   Bongaerts, Pim ^d   Bridge, Tom C L ^e,f   Lesser, Michael P ^g   Pyle, Richard L ^h   Slattery, Marc ⁱ   Wagner, Daniel ^j   Rogers, Alex D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Hope House   (United Kingdom)

^c Marine Biology Section   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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

^k WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Coral reefs; Depth; Refuge; Twilight zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048414582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-018-0127-1     Document Type: Review

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