Assessment of current rates of Diadema antillarum larval settlement

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 511-515

  Miller, M W ^a   Kramer, K L ^b,c   Williams, S M ^d   Johnston, L ^b   Szmant, A M ^e  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida Keys; Larval supply; Puerto Rico; Recovery; Settlement

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 67349288524     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0458-4     Document Type: Article

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