Alternate benthic assemblages on reef restoration structures and cascading effects on coral settlement

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 147-156

  Miller, M W ^a   Valdivia, A ^b   Kramer, K L ^b,c   Mason, B ^b   Williams, D E ^b   Johnston, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora palmata; Coral larvae; Cyanobacteria; Diploria stiigosa; Florida Keys; Montastraea faveolata; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MACROALGA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPLORIA; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA;

EID: 68649121375     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08097     Document Type: Article

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