Spatial study of juvenile corals in the Northern region of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 584-594

  Ruiz Zarate M A ^a   Arias Gonzalez J E ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Juvenile corals; Mexican Caribbean; Recruitment; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGARICIA; ANTHOZOA; HYDROZOA; MILLEPORA; MILLEPORIDAE; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA;

EID: 15444372846     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0420-z     Document Type: Article

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