Linking habitat mosaics and connectivity in a coral reef seascape

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 15372-15376

  McMahon, Kelton W ^a,b   Berumen, Michael L ^a,b   Thorrold, Simon R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Lutjanus ehrenbergii; Mangroves and seagrass; Otoliths; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LUTJANUS EHRENBERGII; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; HYDROLYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTHOZOA; LUTJANUS EHRENBERGII; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84866535687     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206378109     Document Type: Article

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