Branching coral as a macroalgal refuge in a marginal coral reef system

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 471-480

  Bennett, S ^a   Verges A ^b   Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Ecosystem function; Herbivory; Lobophora variegata; Phase shift; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISH; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROALGA; REFUGIUM;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KEPPEL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; LOBOPHORA (PHAEOPHYCEAE); LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PISCES;

EID: 77952240272     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0594-5     Document Type: Article

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