Reduced diversity and high sponge abundance on a sedimented indo-pacific reef system: Implications for future changes in environmental quality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Powell, Abigail ^a   Smith, David J ^b   Hepburn, Leanne J ^b   Jones, Timothy ^a   Berman, Jade ^a   Jompa, Jamaluddin ^c   Bell, James J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; INDONESIA; LAMELLODYSIDEA HERBACEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE (PORIFERA); WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INDONESIA; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; PORIFERA;

EID: 84899835978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085253     Document Type: Article

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