Small-scale variability in the size structure of scleractinian corals around Moorea, French Polynesia: Patterns across depths and locations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Adjeroud, Mehdi ^a,b   Pratchett, Morgan S ^c   Kospartov, Marie C ^d   Lejeusne, Christophe ^e   Penin, Lucie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Life histories; Population structure; Scleractinian corals; Size frequency distribution; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CORAL REEFS; LIFE HISTORIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION;

REEFS;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MOOREA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34547119910     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0726-2     Document Type: Article

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