Geographic expansion of hermatypic and ahermatypic corals in the Gulf of Mexico, and implications for dispersal and recruitment

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 436-437, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-49

  Sammarco, Paul W ^a,b   Atchison, Amy D ^a,b,c   Boland, Gregory S ^d,e   Sinclair, James ^d   Lirette, Angela ^a  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Jefferson General Hospital   (United States)

^d US Department of the Interior   (United States)

^e National Offshore Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Geographic patterns; Gulf of Mexico; Platforms; Population expansion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL; DISPERSAL; FACILITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; COLPOPHYLLIA NATANS; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; HYDROZOA; MADRACIS DECACTIS; MADRACIS FORMOSA; MILLEPORA ALCICORNIS; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; OCULINA DIFFUSA; PHYLLANGIA AMERICANA; PORITES ASTREOIDES; STEPHANOCOENIA; STEPHANOCOENIA MICHELINII; TUBASTRAEA COCCINEA;

EID: 84866297930     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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