Coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) recruitment at Bahías de Huatulco, Western México: Implications for coral community structure and dynamics

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-369

  Lopez Perez R A ^a   Mora Perez M G ^a,b   Leyte Morales, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b Centro Interdesciplinario de Ciencias Marinas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

HUATULCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES PANAMENSIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34248645126     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[355:CASRAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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