7700-year persistence of an isolated, free-living coral assemblage in the Galápagos Islands: a model for coral refugia?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00338-020-01935-5
Abstract: In an eastern-Pacific coral assemblage at Devil’s Crown, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, two coral species, Psammocora stellata and Cycloseris ( Diaseris ) distorta , form dense populations of unattached colonies on sand and rubble substrata. In… read more here.
Keywords: coral assemblage; year persistence; gal pagos; pagos islands ... See more keywords
On the importance of spatial scales on beta diversity of coral assemblages: a study from Venezuelan coral reefs
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9082
Abstract: Estimating variability across spatial scales has been a major issue in ecology because the description of patterns in space is extremely valuable to propose specific hypotheses to unveil key processes behind these patterns. This paper… read more here.
Keywords: coral assemblage; diversity; assemblage structure; spatial scales ... See more keywords