Potential reversal of a phase shift: The rapid decrease in the cover of the invasive green macroalga Dictyosphaeria cavernosa Forsskål on coral reefs in Kāne'ohe Bay, Oahu, Hawai'i

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-726

  Stimson, J ^a   Conklin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Dominance; Macroalgae; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DICTYOSPHAERIA CAVERNOSA; JOINVILLEA ASCENDENS;

EID: 55349138380     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0409-0     Document Type: Article

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