Madrepora oculata forms large frameworks in hypoxic waters off Angola (SE Atlantic)

Abstract This study aims to map the occurrence and distribution of Madrepora oculata and to quantify density and colony sizes across recently discovered coral mounds off Angola. Despite the fact that the Angolan populations of M. oculata thrive under extreme hypoxic conditions within the local oxyge...

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Main Authors: Covadonga Orejas, Claudia Wienberg, Jürgen Titschack, Leonardo Tamborrino, André Freiwald, Dierk Hebbeln
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94579-6