Variations in Pleistocene coral assemblages in space and time in southern and northern Central Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Marine Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Humblet, M ^a   Iryu, Y ^b   Nakamori, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

coral; coral succession; Pleistocene; reef zonation; Ryukyu Islands; spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL SUCCESSION; PLEISTOCENE; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SEAWATER;

REEFS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISLAND; LAGOON; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZONATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; ISOPORA PALIFERA; PLATYGYRA CONTORTA;

EID: 62549123638     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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