The influence of wave exposure on coral community development on man-made breakwater reefs, with a comparison to a natural reef

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 839-859

  Burt, John ^a,b   Feary, David ^c   Usseglio, Paolo ^c   Bauman, Andrew ^c   Sale, Peter F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c United Nations University   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BREAKWATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORTALITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ACTION;

DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77958558512     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2009.1013     Document Type: Article

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