Multiple occupancy-abundance patterns in staghorn coral communities

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 884-895

  Richards, Zoe T ^a,b,c   Syms, Craig ^d   Wallace, Carden C ^e   Muir, Paul R ^e   Willis, Bette L ^c  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance and distribution; Acroporidae; Community structure; Extinction risk; Rarity; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ACROPORA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84880132983     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12032     Document Type: Article

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