Deep-sea coral biogeography and community structure in tropical seamount environments

• Main Authors: Auscavitch, Steven, orcid:0000-0001-5777-4814
• Other Authors: Cordes, Erik E., Sanders, Robert W., Helmus, Matthew R., Demopoulos, Amanda W. J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Temple University. Libraries 2020
• Subjects: Biology; Biological oceanography; Ecology; Biogeography; Cold-water coral; Community structure; Deep-sea coral; Exploration; Seamount; Pacific; Phoenix Islands; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/4771

As the largest and most poorly environment on Earth, the deep-sea is facing global threats from climate change and anthropogenic disturbance further compounded by the lack of critical baseline data on seafloor species composition and community structure. Many data-deficient regions include those in...