Reefscape proxies for the conservation of Caribbean coral reef biodiversity;Indicadores del paisaje arrecifal para la conservación de la biodiversidad de los arrecifes de coral del Caribe

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-96

  Arias Gonzalez J E ^a   Nunez Lara E ^b   Rodriguez Zaragoza F A ^c   Legendre, P ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL CARMEN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Habitat complexity; Live coral cover; Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79952347423     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v37i1.1746     Document Type: Article

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