Ronald H KarlsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Delaware Country: USA Publications
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Coral communities are regionally enriched along an oceanic biodiversity gradientRonald H Karlson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Nature 429:867-70. 2004..Understanding these historical and biogeographical influences is essential for the effective management and preservation of these endangered communities...- Aggregation influences coral species richness at multiple spatial scalesRonald H Karlson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Ecology 88:170-7. 2007.... - Spatial variance in abundance and occupancy of corals across broad geographic scalesRonald H Karlson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Ecology 92:1282-91. 2011..However, the consistency of these relationships across species within assemblages suggests that a theoretical unification of spatial variance and occupancy patterns is indeed possible... - Spatial arrangement of competitors influences coexistence of reef-building coralsJoshua A Idjadi
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Ecology 88:2449-54. 2007..Thus spatial aggregation may be one of several important mechanisms contributing to the persistence of weak competitors and species coexistence on coral reefs... - Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scalesSean R Connolly
Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Science 309:1363-5. 2005..Our findings underscore the importance of robust conservation strategies that are appropriately scaled to the broad suite of environmental processes that help sustain biodiversity... - Scale-dependent variation in coral community similarity across sites, islands, and island groupsHoward V Cornell
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
Ecology 88:1707-15. 2007..The results suggest that coral species can disperse among islands in an island group as easily as they can among sites on an island over time scales that are relevant to their establishment and persistence on reefs... - Coral reef biodiversity and conservationAndrew H Baird
Science 296:1026-8; author reply 1026-8. 2002