A long-term study of competition and diversity of corals

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-210

  Connell, Joseph H ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^b   Wallace, Carden C ^c   Tanner, Jason E ^b   Harms, Kyle E ^a   Kerr, Alexander M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Alpha and beta diversity; Community dynamics; Competition; Corals; Cyclones; Disturbance; Great Barrier Reef, Australia; Hurricanes; Mortality; Recruitment; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STORM DAMAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 4444267129     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-4043     Document Type: Article

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