Ellery Lennon

Loss of foundation species from nearshore hardbottom communities in the Florida Keys

Nearshore hardbottom (NSHB) habitats occur in shallow coastal waters throughout the Florida Keys and support sessile benthic invertebrate communities dominated by sponges and octocorals. In turn, these sessile benthic invertebrates provide unique structural habitats, supporting motile invertebrate and fish communitie...