Demographic aspects of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis leading to local dominance on coral reefs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 433-441

  Bastidas, C ^a,b   Fabricius, K E ^a   Willis, B L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GBR; Population dynamics; Sinularia; Soft corals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS;

COLONY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BARRIER REEF (GBR); GROWTH RATES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CORAL BLEACHING; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SOFT CORAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SINULARIA; SINULARIA FLEXIBILIS;

EID: 12444257822     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2663-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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