Abrolhos bank reef health evaluated by means of water quality, microbial diversity, benthic cover, and fish biomass data.

Abrolhos bank reef health evaluated by means of water quality, microbial diversity, benthic cover, and fish biomass data.

The health of the coral reefs of the Abrolhos Bank (Southwestern Atlantic) was characterized with a holistic approach using measurements of four ecosystem components: (i) inorganic and organic nutrient concentrations, [1] fish biomass, [1] macroalgal and coral cover and (iv) microbial community comp...

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Main Authors: Thiago Bruce, Pedro M Meirelles, Gizele Garcia, Rodolfo Paranhos, Carlos E Rezende, Rodrigo L de Moura, Ronaldo-Francini Filho, Ericka O C Coni, Ana Tereza Vasconcelos, Gilberto Amado Filho, Mark Hatay, Robert Schmieder, Robert Edwards, Elizabeth Dinsdale, Fabiano L Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3367994?pdf=render

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