Distribution of deep-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals across abiotic environmental gradients on three seamounts in the Anegada Passage

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Steven R. Auscavitch, Jay J. Lunden, Alexandria Barkman, Andrea M. Quattrini, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos, Erik E. Cordes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Deep-sea coral; Caribbean Sea; Scleractinia; Stylasteridae; Seamount; Aragonite; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Hercules; Nautilus; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9523; https://doaj.org/article/cb716609f17441c0a4ab6a2584017395

In the Caribbean Basin the distribution and diversity patterns of deep-sea scleractinian corals and stylasterid hydrocorals are poorly known compared to their shallow-water relatives. In this study, we examined species distribution and community assembly patterns of scleractinian and stylasterid cor...