Community structure of hermatypic corals at laysan island and lisianski island/neva shoal in the northwestern hawaiian islands: A new layer of scientific exploration

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 550, 2007, Pages 1-28

  Kenyon, Jean C ^a   Wilkinson, Casey B ^a   Dunlap, Matthew J ^a   Aeby, Greta S ^b   Kryss, Caitlin ^c  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEYING; TRANSECT;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 70349509426     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.550.1     Document Type: Article

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