Decadal comparison of a diminishing coral community: a study using demographics to advance inferences of community status

The most common coral monitoring methods estimate coral abundance as percent cover, either via in situ observations or derived from images. In recent years, growing interest and effort has focused on colony-based (demographic) data to assess the status of coral populations and communities. In this s...

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Main Authors: Margaret Miller, Dana E. Williams, Brittany E. Huntington, Gregory A. Piniak, Mark J.A. Vermeij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1643.pdf