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Octocoral Species Assembly and Coexistence in Caribbean Coral Reefs

2015; Public Library of Science; Volume: 10; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1371/journal.pone.0129609

1932-6203

Johanna Velásquez, Juan A. Sánchez,

Marine and fisheries research

What are the determinant factors of community assemblies in the most diverse ecosystem in the ocean? Coral reefs can be divided in continental (i.e., reefs that develop on the continental shelf, including siliciclastic reefs) and oceanic (i.e., far off the continental shelf, usually on volcanic substratum); whether or not these habitat differences impose community-wide ecological divergence or species exclusion/coexistence with evolutionary consequences, is unknown.