Community structure of hermatypic corals at pearl and hermes atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian islands: Unique conservation challenges within the Hawaiian Archipelago

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 549, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Kenyon, Jean C ^a   Dunlap, Matthew J ^a   Wilkinson, Casey B ^a   Page, Kimberly N ^a   Vroom, Peter S ^a   Aeby, Greta S ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Aquatic Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DATA ACQUISITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEYING; TRANSECT;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACANTHASTER; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES; PORITES COMPRESSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 62949225724     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.549.1     Document Type: Article

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