Stony coral (Milleporidae and Scleractinia) communities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: A synopsis with insights from the Hourglass collections

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-253

  Jaap, Walter C ^a  

^a Lithophyte Research Team   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; LARVAL TRANSPORT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA ARBUSCULA; DICHOCOENIA STOKESI; ISOPHYLLIA SINUOSA; LEPTOSERIS; MANICINA AREOLATA; MEANDRINA MEANDRITES; MILLEPORA; MILLEPORIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA RADIANS; SOLENASTREA HYADES;

EID: 84944080355     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2014.1049     Document Type: Article

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