Phase shift from a coral to a corallimorph-dominated reef associated with a shipwreck on Palmyra atoll.
Coral reefs can undergo relatively rapid changes in the dominant biota, a phenomenon referred to as phase shift. Various reasons have been proposed to explain this phenomenon including increased human disturbance, pollution, or changes in coral reef biota that serve a major ecological function such...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-08-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2500175?pdf=render |