Spatio-temporal variation in coral recruitment at different scales on Heron Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-81

  Dunstan, P K ^a   Johnson, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Coral recruitment; Scale; Space time variation

Indexed keywords

CORAL; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON REEF;

ACROPORIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; FAVIIDAE; OSTREIDAE; POCILLOPORIDAE; PORITIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0031949337     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050098     Document Type: Article

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