Partitioning scleractinian coral diversity across reef sites and regions in the Western Indian Ocean

Abstract Understanding how diversity is organized is essential for inference about appropriate scales for natural resource research and management. In this study, we investigated variation in scleractinian coral taxonomic richness and community diversity in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) at differen...

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Main Authors: Mebrahtu Ateweberhan, Timothy R. McClanahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-05-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1243