Blade abandonment/proliferation: A novel mechanism for rapid epiphyte control in marine macrophytes

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1736-1746

  Littler, Mark M ^a   Littler, Diane S ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avrainvillea; Belize; Coral reefs; Epiphytism; Seagrass beds; Siphonalean algae; Thersandrus compressus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AVRAINVILLEA LONGICAULIS; EPIPHYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT METABOLISM;

ANTIFOULING; EPIPHYTE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROPHYTE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

BELIZE; CARRIE BOW CAY; CURLEW CAY;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; AVRAINVILLEA; AVRAINVILLEA LONGICAULIS; BRYOPSIDACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA;

EID: 0032839576     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1736:BAPANM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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