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

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Auscavitch, Steven R., Lunden, Jay J., Barkman, Alexandria, Quattrini, Andrea M., Demopoulos, Amanda W.J., Cordes, Erik E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Hercules; Nautilus; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397984/; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9523

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...