Biodiversity, ecological structure, and change in the sponge community of different geomorphological zones of the barrier fore reef at<scp>C</scp>arrie<scp>B</scp>ow<scp>C</scp>ay,<scp>B</scp>elize

Villamizar, Estrella; Cristina Díaz, Maria; Rützler, Klaus; De Nóbrega, Renato

doi:10.1111/maec.12099

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Biodiversity, ecological structure, and change in the sponge community of different geomorphological zones of the barrier fore reef atCarrieBowCay,Belize

Published in Marine Ecology • Oct 28, 2013

Authors:

Estrella Villamizar

Maria Cristina Díaz

Klaus Rützler

Abstract

Abstract Changes in the relative abundance of benthic groups on the barrier fore reef at C arrie B ow C ay, B elize, point to a significant reduction of corals and an expansion of the sponge community in 1995–2009. Fifty‐one species are now present in the four geomorphological zones of this reef: th...

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Reef

Dominance (genetics)

Benthic zone

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