Colony size-frequency distributions of scleractinian coral populations: Spatial land interspecific variation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 209, Issue , 2001, Pages 43-54

  Meesters, E H ^a   Hilterman, M ^a   Kardinaal, E ^a   Keetman, M ^a   De Vries, M ^a   Bak, R P M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Degradation; Health; Monitoring; Pollution; Population structure; Size hierarchy

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL; FRINGING REEF; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ANTHOZOA; COLPOPHYLLIA NATANS; DIPLORIA LABYRINTHIFORMIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0035808276     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps209043     Document Type: Article

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