Variation in habitat soundscape characteristics influences settlement of a reef-building coral

Coral populations, and the productive reef ecosystems they support, rely on successful recruitment of reef-building species, beginning with settlement of dispersing larvae into habitat favourable to survival. Many substrate cues have been identified as contributors to coral larval habitat selection;...

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Main Authors: Ashlee Lillis, DelWayne Bohnenstiehl, Jason W. Peters, David Eggleston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2557.pdf