High-latitude Acropora cervicornis thickets off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Coral Reefs

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 465-473

  Vargas Angel B ^a   Thomas, J D ^a   Hoke, S M ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Acropora cervicornis; Distribution; Fort Lauderdale

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FLORIDA; FORT LAUDERDALE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ANTHOZOA; HERMODICE CARUNCULATA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0345767200     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-003-0336-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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