Digital reef rugosity estimates coral reef habitat complexity.

Ecological habitats with greater structural complexity contain more species due to increased niche diversity. This is especially apparent on coral reefs where individual coral colonies aggregate to give a reef its morphology, species zonation, and three dimensionality. Structural complexity is class...

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Main Authors: Phillip Dustan, Orla Doherty, Shinta Pardede
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3578865?pdf=render