Nutrient enrichment caused by marine cage culture and its influence on subtropical coral communities in turbid waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 83-93

  Huang, Y C A ^a,b   Hsieh, H J ^c   Huang, S C ^a   Meng, P J ^d   Chen, Y S ^e   Keshavmurthy, S ^a   Nozawa, Y ^a   Chen, C A ^a,b,f  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Eutrophication; Marine cage culture; Nutrient enrichment; Stress tolerant corals

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; CAGE CULTURE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT TYPE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOLERANCE; TURBIDITY;

PENGHU ISLANDS; TAIWAN;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 79951593983     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08944     Document Type: Article

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