Long-term persistence of coral assemblages on the Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for science and management

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-94

  Aronson, Richard B ^a,b   Precht, William F ^c   Murdoch, Thaddeus J T ^a,b,d   Robbart, Martha L ^c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c PBS and J   (United States)

^d Bermuda Zoological Society   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PERSISTENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLOWER GARDEN BANKS; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACROPORA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 24344470250     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2301.06     Document Type: Article

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