Unexpected coral diversity on the breakwaters: Potential refuges for depleting coral reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-

  Wen, Kuo Chang ^a   Hsu, Chia Ming ^a,b   Chen, Kau Song ^a   Liao, Ming Hui ^a,b   Chen, Chang Po ^a   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATER; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT LOSS; MARINE PARK; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33947690188     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0177-7     Document Type: Article

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