Benthic macrohabitat classification and Madracis spp. coral patch distribution in a deep-sea marine protected area of Colombia
Corales de Profundidad National Natural Park (CPNNP), at the central Colombian Caribbean margin, has an extension of 142.195 ha with depths ranging from 34 to 1,234 m. The CPNNP’s essential ecological value is Madracis spp. as potential structure-forming deep-water coral; this work represents the fi...
Main Authors: | Cristina Cedeño-Posso, Martha Vides-Casado, Venus Rocha, Giomar H. Borrero-Pérez, Andrea Polanco F, David Alonso |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.995419/full |
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