Consistency and inconsistency in multispecies population network dynamics of coral reef ecosystems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-18

  Holstein, Daniel M ^a   Paris, Claire B ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef resilience; Ecological modeling; Habitat fragmentation; Larval dispersal; Marine reserves; MPA; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84895527425     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10647     Document Type: Article

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