Effects of herbivory on zonation of Sargassum spp. within fringing reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef

Marine Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 713-722

  McCook, L J ^a  

^a CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FRINGING REEFS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MACROALGAE; SPATIAL PATTERN; TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIMENT;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF;

SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM OLIGOCYSTUM; SARGASSUM TENERRIMUM;

EID: 0030831782     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050214     Document Type: Article

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