Patterns and changes of reef-coral communities at the Sanganeb-Atoll (Sudan, Central Red Sea): 1980 to 1991

Facies

Volumn , Issue 49, 2003, Pages 271-298

  Reinicke, Götz B ^a   Kroll, Dieter K ^b   Schuhmacher, Helmut ^b  

^a Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area turnover; Coral reefs; Disturbance; Gradient; Hermatypic corals; Hydrodynamic; Life history traits; Longterm community dynamics; Persistence; Recent; Recruitment; Red Sea; Soft corals; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; FACIES;

AFRICA; ASH-SHARQI; EAST AFRICA; PORT SUDAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; FRAXINUS; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; SINULARIA;

EID: 16544392763     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-003-0035-9     Document Type: Article

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