Potential Habitat of Acropora spp. on Reefs of Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands

Elkhorn and staghorn corals (Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis) were listed in 2006 as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The goal of this study was to create model potential-habitat maps for A. palmata and A. cervicornis, while identifying areas for possible re-establishment. These m...

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Main Authors: Katherine E. Wirt, Pamela Hallock, David Palandro, Kathleen Semon Lunz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989414000882