Effects of the benthic cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula on larval recruitment of the reef corals Acropora surculosa and Pocillopora damicornis

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-458

  Kuffner, Ilsa B ^a,b   Paul, Valerie J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Smithsonian Mar Stn at Fort Pierce   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Coral settlement; Cyanobacteria; Guam; Phase shifts

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; LARVA; RECRUITMENT;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA SURCULOSA; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 4944240103     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0416-8     Document Type: Article

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