Benthic Composition of a Healthy Subtropical Reef: Baseline Species-Level Cover, with an Emphasis on Algae, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Peter S. Vroom; Cristi L. Braun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009733

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Benthic Composition of a Healthy Subtropical Reef: Baseline Species-Level Cover, with an Emphasis on Algae, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Peter S. Vroom ,

* E-mail: Peter.Vroom@noaa.gov

Affiliation Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States of America
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Cristi L. Braun

Affiliation Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States of America
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Benthic Composition of a Healthy Subtropical Reef: Baseline Species-Level Cover, with an Emphasis on Algae, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Peter S. Vroom,
Cristi L. Braun

Published: March 17, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009733

About the Authors

Peter S. Vroom

* E-mail: Peter.Vroom@noaa.gov

Affiliation Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States of America

Cristi L. Braun

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSV CLB. Performed the experiments: CLB. Analyzed the data: PSV. Wrote the paper: PSV.

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