Multi-scale processes drive benthic community structure in upwelling-affected coral reefs
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Multi-scale processes drive benthic community structure in upwelling-affected coral reefs
*Correspondence: Corvin Eidens, Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 (IFZ), 35392 Giessen, Germany e-mail: corvin.eidens@ allzool.bio.uni-giessen.de †Present address: Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Environmental processes acting at multiple spatial scales control benthic communit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Marine Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2296-7745
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00002