Unrecognized coral species diversity masks differences in functional ecology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1776, 2013, Pages

  Boulay, Jennifer N ^a   Hellberg, Michael E ^b   Cortés, Jorge ^c   Baums, Iliana B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Asexual coral propagation; Coral bleaching susceptibility; Cryptic species; Microsatellites; Trophic interactions; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84890016115     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1580     Document Type: Article

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