Macroalgae reduce growth of juvenile corals but protect them from parrotfish damage

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 421, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-115

  Venera Ponton, D E ^a,d   Diaz Pulido, G ^b   McCook, L J ^c   Rangel Campo, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Coral growth; Coral algal competition; Juvenile corals; Parrotfish predation; Porites astreoides; Upwelling reef

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; CORAL; DOMINANCE; INHIBITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; SEASONALITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 78751673301     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08869     Document Type: Article

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