Massive corals are regularly spaced: Pattern in a complex assemblage of corals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 119-130

  Endean, R ^a   Cameron, Ann M ^a   Fox, Helen E ^a,b   Tilbury, Robert ^a,c   Gunthorpe, Leanne ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BMT WBM Australia   (Australia)

^d Vic Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Massive corals; Regular spacing pattern

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL COLONY; MASSIVE CORAL; SPATIAL PATTERN;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; FAVITES ABDITA; MONTASTREA ANNULIGERA; MONTASTREA CURTA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0030755773     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152119     Document Type: Article

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