Ecological characteristics of coral patch reefs at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 543, 2006, Pages 439-460

  Schroeder, Robert E ^a   Parrish, James D ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATOLL; CORAL REEF; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MONACHUS;

EID: 33749650914     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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