Effects of extreme seasonality on community structure and functional group dynamics of coral reef algae in the southern Red Sea (Eritrea)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-406

  Ateweberhan, M ^a,b   Bruggemann, J H ^a,c   Breeman, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Phase shifts; Relative dominance; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33746195558     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0109-6     Document Type: Article

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