ROV assessment of mesophotic fish and associated habitats across the continental shelf of the Amathole region

Abstract Understanding how fish associate with habitats across marine landscapes is crucial to developing effective marine spatial planning (MSP) in an expanding and diversifying ocean economy. Globally, anthropogenic pressures impact the barely understood temperate mesophotic ecosystems and South A...

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Main Authors: Rio E. Button, Denham Parker, Vivienne Coetzee, Toufiek Samaai, Ryan M. Palmer, Kerry Sink, Sven E. Kerwath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97369-2