Distribution, abundance, and microhabitat characterization of small juvenile corals at Palmyra Atoll

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 376, Issue , 2009, Pages 133-142

  Roth, M S ^a   Knowlton, N ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Ecology; Juvenile corals; Microhabitat; Palmyra Atoll; Recruit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATOLL; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALMYRA ATOLL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PALMYRA;

EID: 62149096425     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07787     Document Type: Article

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