Effects of disturbance, life histories, and overgrowth on coexistence of algal crusts and turfs

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 798-814

  Airoldi, Laura ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Coexistence of species; Colonization; Competition; Disturbance effects; Encrusting vs. turf forming; Field experiment; Life histories; Overgrowth; Polysiphonia setacea; Recruitment; Reef; Rocky reef; Spatial coexistence; Subtidal; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH FORM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; POLYSIPHONIA SETACEA;

EID: 0033918338     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0798:EODLHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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