Abundance and physiology of dominant soft corals linked to water quality in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia

Declining water quality is one of the main reasons of coral reef degradation in the Thousand Islands off the megacity Jakarta, Indonesia. Shifts in benthic community composition to higher soft coral abundances have been reported for many degraded reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. However, it is not...

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Main Authors: Gunilla Baum, Indra Januar, Sebastian C.A. Ferse, Christian Wild, Andreas Kunzmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2625.pdf