Range expansion of the invasive corals Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis in the Southwest Atlantic

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-397

  Mantelatto, M C ^a   Creed, J C ^a   Mourao G G ^b   Migotto, A E ^c   Lindner, A ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Terra and Mar   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA; TUBASTRAEA COCCINEA; TUBASTRAEA TAGUSENSIS;

EID: 79955885513     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0720-z     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. De Paula AF, Creed JC (2004) Two species of the coral Tubastraea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Brazil: A case of accidental introduction. Bull Mar Sci 74: 175-183.
3. Ferreira CEL (2003) Non-indigenous corals at marginal sites. Coral Reefs 22: 498.