Rapid Northward Spread of a Zooxanthellate Coral Enhanced by Artificial Structures and Sea Warming in the Western Mediterranean

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Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Serrano, Eduard ^a,b   Coma, Rafel ^a   Ribes, Marta ^b   Weitzmann, Boris ^a   García, María ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCULINA PATAGONICA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSION; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA WARMING; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANTHOZOA; OCULINA PATAGONICA;

EID: 84872287423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052739     Document Type: Article

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