Scleractinian corals as facilitators for other invertebrates on a Caribbean reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 117-127

  Idjadi, J A ^a   Edmunds, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral; Facilitation; Invertebrates; Scleractinian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; FACILITATION; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33748985604     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319117     Document Type: Article

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