1. Light availability along depth gradients: a key driver of niche partitioning and biodiversity patterns in reef building corals Open Access Author: Lopez Londono, Tomas Title: Light availability along depth gradients: a key driver of niche partitioning and biodiversity patterns in reef building corals Graduate Program: Biology Keywords: Coral reefsphysiologyecophysiologydepth gradientbiodiversity patternsspecies-energyproductivity-biodiversityhabitat specializationturbiditywater optical propertieslight gradientSymbiodiniaceae File: Download PS_Dissertation_Lopez-Londono.pdfDownload PS_Dissertation_Lopez-Londono.pdf Committee Members: Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Major Field Member & Dissertation AdvisorJonathan Lynch, Outside Unit & Field MemberTodd Lajeunesse, Major Field MemberMonica Medina, Chair of CommitteeElizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair