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Conventional and technical diving surveys reveal elevated biomass and differing fish community composition from shallow and upper mesophotic zones of a remote United States coral reef

The world’s coral reefs appear to be in a global decline, yet most previous research on coral reefs has taken place at depths shallower than 30 m. Mesophotic coral ecosystem (depths deeper than ~30 m) studies have revealed extensive, productive habitats and rich communities. Despite recent advances,...

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Autores principales: Muñoz, Roldan C., Buckel, Christine A., Whitfield, Paula E., Viehman, Shay, Clark, Randy, Taylor, J. Christopher, Degan, Brian P., Hickerson, Emma L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29161314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188598