Response of Pocillopora verrucosa to corallivory varies with environmental conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 409, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-63

  Lenihan, Hunter S ^a   Edmunds, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Flow; Predation; Scleractinia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GROWTH RATE; INJURY; LESION; MICROCOSM; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77954123864     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08595     Document Type: Article

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