The effects of nutrient enrichment and herbivore abundance on the ability of turf algae to overgrow coral in the Caribbean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Vermeij, Mark J A ^a,b   van Moorselaar, Imke ^b   Engelhard, Sarah ^b   Hörnlein, Christine ^b   Vonk, Sophie M ^b   Visser, Petra M ^a,b  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FISHING; FLUOROMETRY; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTHOZOA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; METHODOLOGY; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; FLUOROMETRY; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 78650781549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014312     Document Type: Article

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