Faunal breaks and species composition of Indo-Pacific corals: The role of plate tectonics, environment and habitat distribution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1763, 2013, Pages

  Keith, S A ^a   Baird, A H ^a   Hughes, T P ^a   Madin, J S ^b   Connolly, S R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Colonization; Coral; Macroecology; Metacommunity; Nestedness

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MACROECOLOGY; MANTLE PLUME; NESTEDNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TECTONIC PLATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892383889     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0818     Document Type: Article

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