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MESOPHOTIC CORAL ECOSYSTEMS – A LIFEBOAT FOR CORAL REEFS?
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Figure 3.
Coral species characteristic of mesophotic depths, especially ≥ 50 m off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. (a)
Mycetophyllia aliciae
(photo Ernesto Weil), (b)
M. reesi
, (c)
Agaricia undata
, (d)
Madracis pharensis
, (e)
A. fragilis
and (f)
A. grahamae
, left colony and
A. lamarcki
,
right colony (photos Héctor Ruiz).
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b)
(d)
(f)