Small-scale mapping of indeterminate arborescent acroporid coral (Acropora cervicornis) patches

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 885-894

  Walker, B K ^a   Larson, E A ^a   Moulding, A L ^a   Gilliam, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora cervicornis; Florida; Mapping; Movement; Patch; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CORAL REEF; DECADAL VARIATION; GPS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865637437     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0910-3     Document Type: Article

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