Cold-Water Coral Distributions in the Drake Passage Area from Towed Camera Observations – Initial Interpretations

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Waller, Rhian G., Scanlon, Kathryn M., Robinson, Laura F.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2011
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Shackleton; Shackleton Fracture Zone; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3026806; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283585; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016153

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