Estimating surface area of sponges and gorgonians as indicators of habitat availability on Caribbean coral reefs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Santavy, Deborah L ^a   Courtney, Lee A ^a   Fisher, William S ^a   Quarles, Robert L ^a   Jordan, Stephen J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Surface area; Ecosystem services; Fish habitat; Gorgonians; Marine sponges; Structural habitat availability

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COLONY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FORECASTING METHOD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYP; SHALLOW WATER; SOFTWARE; SPONGE; SURFACE AREA; TAXONOMY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84875055341     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1359-7     Document Type: Article

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