Effects of soft corals on scleractinian coral recruitment. II: Allelopathy, spat survivorship and reef community structure

Marine Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-414

  Maida, Mauro ^a,b   Sammarco, Paul W ^c   Coll, John C ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Community structure; Coral; Great barrier reef; Mortality; Recruitment; Reef; Scleractinian; Soft coral; Spat

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; RECRUITMENT; SOFT CORAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

AUSTRALIA;

ACROPORIDAE; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SARCOPHYTON; SARCOPHYTON GLAUCUM; SCLERACTINIA; SINULARIA; SINULARIA FLEXIBILIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035666309     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2001.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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