Spatial competition among clonal organisms in extant and selected Paleozoic reef communities

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Volumn , Issue 42, 2000, Pages 1-24

  Fagerstrom, J Alfred ^a,b   West, Ronald R ^c   Kershaw, Stephen ^d   Cossey, Patrick J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Ctr Rech Observ l'Environ C   (French Polynesia)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e School of Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Corals; Ecology; Extant Carboniferous Silurian; Polynesia Gotland England Kansas; Reefs; Skeletal effects; Spatial; Sponges

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMISTRY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CLONE; FOSSIL SPONGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REEF; SPACE COMPETITION;

CLONAL ORGANISM; COMPETITION; CORAL; PALEOZOIC; REEF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; CARBONIFEROUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033927540     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02562563     Document Type: Article

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