Floating and fixed artificial habitats: Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic communities in a coral reef environment

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-500

  Perkol Finkel, S ^a   Zilman, G ^a   Sella, I ^a   Miloh, T ^a   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

artificial reefs; benthic communities; coastal structures; corals; hydrodynamics; substratum motion

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; FIXED STRUCTURE; FLOATING STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONITORING; PREDATION; SEASONALITY;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; LAMINARIALES; THORACICA;

EID: 40949111964     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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