Competitive interactions between corals and Trididemnum solidum on Mexican Caribbean reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 571-577

  Rodriguez Martinez R E ^a   Jordan Garza A G ^a   Baker, D M ^b,c   Jordan Dahlgren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Competitive interactions; Coral; Trididemnum

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; SCLERACTINIA; TRIDIDEMNUM; TRIDIDEMNUM SOLIDUM;

EID: 84860385766     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0871-y     Document Type: Article

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