Biotic interactions in the colonization of crustose coralline algae by epiphytes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 303-318

  De O Figueiredo, Marcia A ^a,b   Kain, Joanna M ^b   Norton, Trevor A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy; Competition; Crust; Crustose coralline alga; Epiphyte; Herbivore; Substratum

Indexed keywords

CANOPY COVER; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION; CORALLINE ALGAE; CRUSTOSE CORALLINE ALGAE; EPIPHYTE; EPIPHYTES; GRAZING;

BIOMASS; CANOPY; CORALLINE ALGA; EPIPHYTE; GRAZER; GRAZING; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

UK, ISLE OF MAN;

EID: 0030201524     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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