Community structure of hermatypic corals at kure atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Stemming the shifting baseline

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 559, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Kenyon, Jean C ^a   Dunlap, Matthew J ^a   Aeby, Greta S ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA; MONTIPORA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES; PORITES COMPRESSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 70349484443     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.559.1     Document Type: Article

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