Scale-dependent spatial variability of coral assemblages along the Florida Reef Tract

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-351

  Murdoch, T J T ^a,b   Aronson, R B ^a,b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reefs; Florida Keys; Hierarchical analysis; Landscape ecology; Scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032715108     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050210     Document Type: Article

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