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A Trait-Based Approach to Advance Coral Reef Science.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Jun 2016
Madin Joshua S, Hoogenboom Mia O, Connolly Sean R, Darling Emily S, Falster Daniel S, Huang Danwei, Keith Sally A, Mizerek Toni, Pandolfi John M, Putnam Hollie M, Baird Andrew H
Abstract excerpt
Coral reefs are biologically diverse and ecologically complex ecosystems constructed by stony corals. Despite decades of research, basic coral population biology and community ecology questions remain. Quantifying trait variation among species can help resolve these questions, but progress has been hampered by a paucity of trait data for the many, often rare, species and by a reliance on nonquantitative...
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