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Taxonomical and functional analyses of epifaunal polychaetes associated with Mussismilia spp.: the effects of coral growth morphology.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2023
Nogueira Marcos, Magalhães Wagner, Mariano-Neto Eduardo, Neves Elizabeth, Johnsson Rodrigo
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Background: The increasing habitat heterogeneity and complexity shows positive effects over different communities, leading to environmental diversity, access to resources and reducing the effectiveness of predation. In the present study we evaluate the structural and functional patterns of polychaete assemblages of three Mussismilia species with different coral morphology. Mussismilia hispida has a massive growth...
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