Morphology and ecological zonation of Caribbean reef corals: The Montastraea 'annularis' species complex

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 89-102

  Pandolfi, John M ^a   Budd, Ann F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Community assembly; Community structure; Coral reef ecology; Corals; Ecotones; Evolution; Morphometrics; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOZONATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOTONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARRIE BOW CAY; CENTRAL AMERICA; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; STANN CREEK;

ANNULARIS SPECIES COMPLEX; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS;

EID: 56149084120     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07570     Document Type: Article

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