Extraordinary diversity of reef corals in the South China Sea

• Main Authors: Huang, Danwei, Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Hoeksema, Bert W., Chen, Chaolun Allen, Ang, Put O., Huang, Hui, Lane, David J. W., Vo, Si Tuan, Waheed, Zarinah, Affendi, Yang Amri, Yeemin, Thamasak, Chou, Loke Ming
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Coral reefs and islands > South China Sea; Biodiversity > South China Sea; Coral Triangle; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3044
• Institution: De La Salle University

The South China Sea in the Central Indo-Pacific is a large marine region that spans an area of more than 3 million km2bounded by the coastlines of ten Asian nation states and contains numerous small islands. Although it abuts the western border of the Coral Triangle, the designated centre of maximum...