Large-scale surveys on the Florida Reef Tract indicate poor recovery of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-159

  Chiappone, M ^a   Swanson, D W ^b   Miller, S L ^a   Smith, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Florida Keys; Herbivory; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; SURVEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA REEF TRACT;

ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0036934532     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-002-0232-y     Document Type: Article

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