Succession, space and coral recruitment in a subtropical fouling community

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-242

  Fairfull, S J L ^a,b   Harriott, V J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Post settlement mortality; Settlement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; FOULING; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

(EAST); AUSTRALIA; SPLIT SOLITARY ISLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032951619     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97267     Document Type: Article

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