Competition between corals and algal turfs along a gradient of terrestrial influence in the nearshore central Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 419-425

  McCook, L J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal overgrowth; Algal turfs; Coral reefs; Coral algal competition; Cross shelf; Epilithic algal communities; Nutrients; Phase shifts; Porites; Terrestrial runoff

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; CORAL; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOBATA; PORITES; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 0035006291     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380000119     Document Type: Article

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