Effects of live coral, epilithic algal communities and substrate type on algal recruitment

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-233

  Diaz Pulido, Guillermo ^a,b,c   McCook, Laurence J ^b,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

^d GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal recruitment; Algal settlement; Coral algal interactions; Lobophora variegata; Sargassum

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CORAL; MACROALGA; RECRUITMENT; SUBSTRATE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; FUCALES; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 4043072721     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0370-5     Document Type: Article

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