Shifts in coral-assemblage composition do not ensure persistence of reef functionality

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Alvarez Filip, Lorenzo ^a   Carricart Ganivet, Juan P ^b   Horta Puga, Guillermo ^c   Iglesias Prieto, Roberto ^b  

^a Healthy Reefs Initiative   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84890613691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03486     Document Type: Article

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