Recruitment failure in Florida Keys Acropora palmata, a threatened Caribbean coral

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 697-705

  Williams, D E ^a,b   Miller, M W ^b   Kramer, K L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Disturbance; Fragment; Hurricane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HURRICANE EVENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 48449090938     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0386-3     Document Type: Article

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