Size-structure patterns of juvenile hard corals in the Maldives

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1335-1339

  Cardini, Ulisse ^a   Chiantore, Mariachiara ^a   Lasagna, Roberta ^a   Morri, Carla ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

coral reefs; monitoring; recovery; recruitment; size structure index

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATOLL; COLONY; CORAL; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; JUVENILE; MONITORING; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TYPOLOGY;

MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865959814     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411001561     Document Type: Article

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