Occurrence of an invasive coral in the southwest Atlantic and comparison with a congener suggest potential niche expansion

Tubastraea tagusensis, a coral native to the Galapagos Archipelago, has successfully established and invaded the Brazilian coast where it modifies native tropical rocky shore and coral reef communities. In order to understand the processes underlying the establishment of T. tagusensis, we tested whe...

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Main Authors: Carlos-Júnior, Lélis A, Neves, Danilo M, Barbosa, Newton P U, Moulton, Timothy P, Creed, Joel C
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4461418/