Population structure of Montastraea cavernosa on shallow versus mesophotic reefs in Bermuda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Goodbody Gringley, Gretchen ^a   Marchini, Chiara ^b   Chequer, Alex D ^c   Goffredo, Stefano ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Ocean Support Foundation   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERMUDA; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BERMUDA; CORAL REEFS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84952685355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142427     Document Type: Article

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