Species richness of coral assemblages: Detecting regional influences at local spatial scales

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 452-463

  Karlson, Ronald H ^a   Cornell, Howard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coexistence; Competitive exclusion; Coral assemblages; Dispersal; Disturbance; Immigration; Pseudoreplication; Pseudosaturation; Regional enrichment; Saturation; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; CORAL REEF; IMMIGRATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0036164811     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0452:SROCAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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