Restoration of the habitat-forming fucoid alga Hormosira banksii at effluent-affected sites: Competitive exclusion by coralline turfs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 47-56

  Bellgrove, Alecia ^a   McKenzie, Prudence F ^a   McKenzie, Jessica L ^a   Sfiligoj, Bianca J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Competition; Ecosystem engineer; Hormosira banksii; Recruitment; Restoration; Sewage effluent

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MACROALGA; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; HORMOSIRA BANKSII;

EID: 78650089688     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08843     Document Type: Article

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