Evidence of species-specific habitat selectivity of Acropora corals based on identification of new recruits by two molecular markers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 149-159

  Suzuki, Go ^a   Hayashibara, Takeshi ^b   Shirayama, Yoshihisa ^c   Fukami, Hironobu ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Habitat selection; Molecular marker; Reef coral; Settlement; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ACROPORA TENUIS; ANTHOZOA; HYACINTHUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 41349113620     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07253     Document Type: Article

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