Top-down and bottom-up regulation of macroalgal community structure on a Kenyan reef

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-336

  Mörk, Erik ^a   Sjöö, Gustaf Lilliesköld ^a   Kautsky, Nils ^a   McClanahan, Tim R ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

4 1 22.73 S, 39 44 0.23 E; community composition; coral reefs; grazing; macroalgae; nutrients; reef degradation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; FERTILIZER; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HARVESTING; HERBIVORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 68949154173     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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