Running the gauntlet: Inhibitory effects of algal turfs on the processes of coral recruitment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 414, Issue , 2010, Pages 91-105

  Arnold, Suzanne N ^a   Steneck, Robert S ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal biomass; Bonaire; Coral reef; Demographic bottleneck; Herbivory; Parrotfish; Recruitment limitation Caribbean

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALGA; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CAGE CULTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HERBIVORY; INHIBITION; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE; STEGASTES; TITANODERMA;

EID: 77957733183     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08724     Document Type: Article

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