Coral recruitment in Moorea, French Polynesia: The importance of patch type and temporal variation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-101

  Gleason, Mary G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRC Environmental Management Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Damselfish; Disturbance; Grazers; Pocilloporidae; Recolonization; Scleractin ian

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CERAMICS; FISH; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CORAL; PATCH TYPE; RECRUITMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, SOCIETY ISLANDS, MOOREA;

STEGASTES NIGRICANS; TURBINARIA ORNATA;

EID: 0030589206     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02647-0     Document Type: Article

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