Endangered New Caledonian endemic mushroom coral Cantharellus noumeae in turbid, metal-rich, natural and artificial environments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 359-369

  Gilbert, Antoine ^a   Heintz, Tom ^a   Hoeksema, Bert W ^b   Benzoni, Francesca ^c,d   Fernandez, Jean Michel ^a   Fauvelot, Cécile ^d   Andréfouët, Serge ^d  

^a GINGER SOPRONER ^*  (New Caledonia)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral community; Fungiidae; IUCN Red List; Nickel mining; Sediment; UNESCO World Heritage

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; CORAL COMMUNITY; FUNGIIDAE; IUCN RED-LIST; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS; UNESCO WORLD HERITAGES;

CONSERVATION;

HEAVY METAL; METAL;

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINING; NICKEL; RED LIST;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANTHARELLUS; CANTHARELLUS NOUMEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT PATCHINESS; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BAY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA; CANTHARELLUS NOUMEAE; FUNGIIDAE;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; METALS; NEW CALEDONIA;

EID: 84940706464     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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