Modeling the beta diversity of coral reefs

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2871-2881

  Harborne, Alastair R ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^a   Zychaluk, Kamila ^b   Hedley, John D ^a   Blackwell, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Landscape ecology; Marine reserves; St. John; St. Thomas; U.S. Virgin Islands; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; IMAGERY; MARINE PARK; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONCEPT;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33845402217     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2871:MTBDOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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