Bottom-contact fisheries disturbance and signs of recovery of precious corals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamount Chain

Bottom-contact fisheries disturbance and signs of recovery of precious corals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamount Chain

Deep-sea precious corals in the octocoral family Coralliidae are among the dominant benthic megafauna at depths of 300–600 m on seamounts of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and lower Emperor Seamount Chain. Pleurocorallium secundum and Hemicorallium laauense were once abundant enough on these seam...

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Main Authors: Amy R. Baco, Nicole B. Morgan, E. Brendan Roark, Virginia Biede
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
Subjects:
Deep-sea precious corals
Seamounts
Coralliidae
Recovery
Disturbance
Trawling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23001528

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