Competitive dominance by tabular corals: An experimental analysis of recruitment and survival of understorey assemblages

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-132

  Baird, A H ^a   Hughes, T P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Coral reefs; Larval recruitment; Shading; Succession

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

CORAL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRALIA;

ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ACROPORA INTERMEDIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; HYACINTHUS; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POLYCHAETA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034705941     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00209-4     Document Type: Article

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