Assembly rules of reef corals are flexible along a steep climatic gradient

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 736-741

  Hughes, Terry P ^a   Baird, Andrew H ^a   Dinsdale, Elizabeth A ^b   Moltschaniwskyj, Natalie A ^c   Pratchett, Morgan S ^a   Tanner, Jason E ^d   Willis, Bette L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84860294624     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.068     Document Type: Article

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