Survival and settlement success of coral planulae: Independent and synergistic effects of macroalgae and microbes

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-336

  Vermeij, M J A ^a,e   Smith, J E ^b   Smith, C M ^a   Vega Thurber, R ^c   Sandin, S A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e CARMABI   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Coral algal interactions; DOC; Hawai'i; Microbes; Montipora; Post settlement survival; Recruitment; Reef degradation

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; MACROALGA; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; SYNERGISM;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA;

EID: 60449083270     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1223-7     Document Type: Article

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