Demographic variability and long-term change in a coral reef sponge along a cross-shelf gradient of the great barrier reef

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-396

  Bannister, R J ^a,b,c   Battershill, C N ^a,b   De Nys, R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAustralian Institute of Marine Science   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Coral reefs; Population dynamics; Porifera; Rhopaloeides odorabile; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPONGE; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PORIFERA; RHOPALOEIDES ODORABILE;

EID: 77951778375     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09067     Document Type: Article

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