Change in tropical rocky shore communities due to an alien coral invasion

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 438, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-96

  Lages, B G ^a   Fleury, B G ^a   Menegola, C ^b   Creed, J C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; Diversity; Invasive species; Scleractinian coral; Tubastraea

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; INVASIVE SPECIES; ROCKY SHORE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; TUBASTRAEA; TUBASTRAEA COCCINEA; TUBASTRAEA TAGUSENSIS;

EID: 80053578260     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09290     Document Type: Article

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