Reserve effects and natural variation in coral reef communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1010-1018

  Harborne, Alastair R ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^a   Kappel, Carrie V ^b,c   Dahlgren, Craig P ^d   Micheli, Fiorenza ^c   Holmes, Katherine E ^e   Sanchirico, James N ^f   Broad, Kenneth ^g   Elliott, Ian A ^a   Brumbaugh, Daniel R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Perry Institute for Marine Science   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park; Intra habitat variation; Marine reserves; Reef fish communities; Sampling design; The Bahamas; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; GRAZING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE PARK; SAMPLING; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; EPINEPHELINAE; GORGONIA; MONTASTRAEA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE;

EID: 46749098959     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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