Low dynamics, high longevity and persistence of sessile structural species dwelling on mediterranean coralligenous outcrops

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Teixidó, Núria ^a,b   Garrabou, Joaquim ^b   Harmelin, Jean George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TURNOVER TIME; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LONGEVITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80051997983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023744     Document Type: Article

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