Soft-sediment benthic community structure in a coral reef lagoon the - Prominence of spatial heterogeneity and 'spot endemism'

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 159-174

  Schlacher, T A ^a,e   Newell, P ^a   Clavier, J ^b   Schlacher Hoenlinger, M A ^c   Chevillon, C ^d   Britton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral reefs; Marine biodiversity; Soft sediment communities

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ENDEMISM; HETEROGENEITY;

FIJI; GREAT ASTROLABE REEF;

ANTHOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032569944     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174159     Document Type: Article

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