Zonation of macrobenthic communities along two bays in an insular coral reef ecosystem (Moorea, French Polynesia);Zonation des communautes macrobenthiques le long de deux baies d'un ecosysteme corallien insulaire (Moorea, Polynesie francaise)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-313

  Adjeroud, Mehdi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Ctr Rech Insulaires Observ l'E   (France)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Canonical correspondence analysis; Coral reefs; Correlations; Diversity; Gradients; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER; SEA WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; MACROBENTHOS; ZONATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CORAL; ECHINODERM; FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SPONGE; TURBIDITY; ANIMAL; COELENTERATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; POLYNESIA; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MOLLUSCA; POLYNESIA; PORIFERA; SEAWATER;

EID: 0034152251     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(00)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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