Phase-shift in coral reef communities in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), USA

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 841-853

  Maliao, Ronald J ^a   Turingan, Ralph G ^a   Lin, Junda ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; MACROALGA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 44649118527     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0977-0     Document Type: Article

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