Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne remove blooms of the invasive green alga Caulerpa brachypus forma parvifolia (Harvey) cribb from coral reefs off northern Palm Beach County, Florida

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 966-971

  Lapointe, Brian E ^a   Bedford, Bradley J ^a   Baumberger, Rex ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOTA; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; HURRICANE FRANCES 2004; HURRICANE JEANNE 2004; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA BRACHYPUS; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 36749031588     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02798657     Document Type: Article

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