Atoll-scale patterns in coral reef community structure: Human signatures on Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia
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Atoll-scale patterns in coral reef community structure: Human signatures on Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia
The dynamic relationship between reefs and the people who utilize them at a subsistence level is poorly understood. This paper characterizes atoll-scale patterns in shallow coral reef habitat and fish community structure, and correlates these with environmental characteristics and anthropogenic factors, critical to conservation efforts for the reefs and the people who depend on them. Hierarchic...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177083