ResourceLong-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2002-2003 [electronic resource] : final report / William F. Precht ... [et al.].
"Monitoring results for 2002-2003 highlighted the continued health of these reefs, expressed as consistently high coral cover, with a mean of 56.43% 2.36 at the East Bank in 2002, 53.20% 3.01 in 2003, 49.67% 3.35 at the West Bank in 2002 and 57.13% 3.81 i...
ResourceLinkages between habitats are essential for reef fishes
"In coral reef ecosystems, numerous habitat types support key life stages of juvenile fishery species and other nekton (mobile fishes, shrimps, crabs, and lobsters). Seagrass beds, mangroves, sand and mud bottoms, algal plains, and coral reefs are connect...