Nutrient enrichment promotes survival and dispersal of drifting fragments in an invasive tropical macroalga

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-435

  Vermeij, M J A ^a,b   Dailer, M L ^a   Smith, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CARMABI   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Coral reef; Fragmentation; Hawaii; Hypnea musciformis; Recruitment; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RED ALGA; SURVIVAL;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; HYPNEA; HYPNEA MUSCIFORMIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 67349180256     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0452-x     Document Type: Article

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