Environmental factors influencing urchin spatial distributions on disturbed coral reefs (New Caledonia, South Pacific)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-100

  Dumas, P ^a   Kulbicki, M ^b   Chifflet, S ^c   Fichez, R ^c   Ferraris, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; New Caledonian; Sea urchins; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRINGING REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MACROPHYTE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA; DIADEMA SETOSUM; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA; ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 33947406825     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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