Coral community structure and dynamics in the Huatulco area, western Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 453-472

  Lopéz Pérez, Ramón Andrés ^a,b   Hernández Ballesteros, Luz María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE;

HUATULCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; PORITES; PORITES PANAMENSIS;

EID: 10344260684     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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