Deep coral oases in the South Tyrrhenian Sea.

A Mediterranean "roche du large" ecosystem, represented by four rocky shoals, located a few miles apart on a muddy bottom at 70-130 m depth in the gulf of St. Eufemia (Calabria, South Tyrrhenian Sea), was studied by means of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) photo imaging. The shoals host hi...

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Main Authors: Marzia Bo, Simonepietro Canese, Costanza Spaggiari, Antonio Pusceddu, Marco Bertolino, Michela Angiolillo, Michela Giusti, Maria Filomena Loreto, Eva Salvati, Silvestro Greco, Giorgio Bavestrello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3503811?pdf=render