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Natura Croatica Broj izdanja: Natura Croatica, Vol. 21 Suppl.1

Diving investigations of Bermuda’s deep water caves

Autori: Thomas M. Iliffe

Autori i afilijacije

  • Thomas M. Iliffe Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 5007 Ave. U, Galveston, TX 77551, USA

Mixed gas rebreathers allowed divers to explore the shelf edge of the Bermuda sea mount at depths from 60 to 136 m to search for potential refugia of anchialine taxa during Pleistocene periods of sea level regression. Divers discovered karst and sea level features including a remnant natural bridge cave, drowned coral reefs, wave-cut notches and high relief escarpments.

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Mixed gas rebreathers allowed divers to explore the shelf edge of the Bermuda sea mount at depths from 60 to 136 m to search for potential refugia of anchialine taxa during Pleistocene periods of sea level regression. Divers discovered karst and sea level features including a remnant natural bridge cave, drowned coral reefs, wave-cut notches and high relief escarpments.

Ključne riječi

anchialine; Pleistocene; sea level eustasy; mixed gas rebreather diving; Bermuda

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