Oceanographic Drivers of Deep-Sea Coral Species Distribution and Community Assembly on Seamounts, Islands, Atolls, and Reefs Within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Oceanographic Drivers of Deep-Sea Coral Species Distribution and Community Assembly on Seamounts, Islands, Atolls, and Reefs Within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area, in the central Pacific waters of the Republic of Kiribati, is a model for large marine protected area (MPA) development and maintenance, but baseline records of the protected biodiversity in its largest environment, the deep sea (>200 m), have not yet been...

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Main Authors: Steven R. Auscavitch, Mary C. Deere, Abigail G. Keller, Randi D. Rotjan, Timothy M. Shank, Erik E. Cordes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
deep sea coral
seamounts
marine protected area
marine biogeography
community structure
equatorial central Pacific
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00042/full

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