Benthic communities at two remote pacific coral reefs: Effects of reef habitat, depth, and wave energy gradients on spatial patterns

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Williams, Gareth J ^a   Smith, Jennifer E ^a   Conklin, Eric J ^b   Gove, Jamison M ^c,d   Sala, Enric ^e,f   Sandin, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Benthic competition; Coral; Kingman reef; Macroalgae; Palmyra atoll; Spatial clustering; Wave exposure; Wave impacts; Zonation

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOME; BIOPHYSICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885138580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.81     Document Type: Article

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