Spatial patterns in benthic communities and the dynamics of a mosaic ecosystem on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-104

  Ninio, R ^a   Meekan, M G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Great Barrier Reef; Long term; Mosaic; Spatial; Temporal

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; HABITAT MOSAIC; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ACROPORA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0036922801     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-001-0202-9     Document Type: Article

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