Incident light and morphology determine coral productivity along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient

Abstract While the effects of irradiance on coral productivity are well known, corals along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient (10–100 m) experience incident irradiances determined by the optical properties of the water column, coral morphology, and reef topography. Modeling of productivity (i.e...

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Main Authors: Michael P. Lesser, Marc Slattery, Curtis D. Mobley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-10-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8066