Article
Octocoral Species Assembly and Coexistence in Caribbean Coral Reefs.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Velásquez Johanna, Sánchez Juan A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: What are the determinant factors of community assemblies in the most diverse ecosystem in the ocean? Coral reefs can be divided in continental (i.e., reefs that develop on the continental shelf, including siliciclastic reefs) and oceanic (i.e., far off the continental shelf, usually on volcanic substratum); whether or not these habitat differences impose community-wide ecological divergence or species...
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