Structure and dynamics of a high-latitude scleractinian coral community in Amakusa, southwestern Japan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 151-160

  Nozawa, Yoko ^a   Tokeshi, Mutsunori ^b   Nojima, Satoshi ^b  

^a Biological Institute on Kuroshio   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brooding species; Community dynamics; Community structure; High latitudes; Scleractinian corals; Severe wave action; Spawning species

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; MORTALITY; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SKEWNESS; SPAWNING;

AMAKUSA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; FAVIIDAE; POCILLOPORA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 44249121066     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07342     Document Type: Article

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