Last glacial deep-water corals from the Red Sea
Taviani, Marco; Correa, Matthias Lopez; Zibrowius, Helmut; Montagna, Paolo; McCulloch, Malcolm; Ligi, Marco
Description
The present Red Sea deep-sea benthos appears impoverished with respect to the adjacent Indian mother-ocean as a result of severe filters, represented by an extremely shallow sill, high salinity, and high temperature. Today, the Red Sea basin hosts a still poorly known deep-water coral fauna of Indian Ocean affinity. During the Pleistocene, conditions were at times suitable as proven by the findings of last glacial corals (Javania insignis Duncan, 1876, and Trochocyathus virgatus sensu...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
---|---|
Date published: | 2007 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60425 |
Source: | Bulletin of Marine Science |
Download
File | Description | Size | Format | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
01_Taviani_Last_glacial_deep-water_corals_2007.pdf | 436.32 kB | Adobe PDF | Request a copy |
Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Updated: 19 May 2020/ Responsible Officer: University Librarian/ Page Contact: Library Systems & Web Coordinator