Shallow-Water Coral Communities Support the Separation of Marine Ecoregions on the West-Central Florida Gulf Coast

Shallow-Water Coral Communities Support the Separation of Marine Ecoregions on the West-Central Florida Gulf Coast

Florida’s west coast is a 170,000 km2 bedrock shelf (west Florida shelf, WFS) comprised of north-south discontinuous carbonate outcroppings extending more than 200 km from the intertidal zone to a depth of 200 m. These outcrops support diverse benthic communities, which contribute to a multi-billion...

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Main Authors: Brian K. Walker, Shelby Eagan, Cory Ames, Sandra Brooke, Sean Keenan, Renè Baumstark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
benthic habitat mapping
community characterization
biogeography
west Florida shelf
eastern Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00210/full

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