Community structure of Pleistocene coral reefs of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-67

  Pandolfi, J M ^a   Jackson, J B C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Community ecology; Community structure; Coral; Coral reefs; Paleoecology; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS;

EID: 0035127892     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0049:CSOPCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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