The White Coral Community in the Central Mediterranean Sea Revealed by ROV Surveys
White coral communities consist of scleractinian corals that thrive in the ocean's bathyal depths (~ 200–4000 m). In the Atlantic Ocean, white corals are known to form complex, three-dimensional structures on the seabed that attract vast amounts of other organisms, accumulate suspended detritus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2009-03-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/22-1_freiwald.pdf |