Chemically mediated interactions between macroalgae Dictyota spp. and multiple life-history stages of the coral Porites astreoides

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 426, Issue , 2011, Pages 161-170

  Paul, Valerie J ^a   Kuffner, Ilsa B ^b   Walters, Linda J ^c   Ritson Williams, Raphael ^a   Beach, Kevin S ^d   Becerro, Mikel A ^a,e  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^e CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Chemical defense; Coral algal interactions; Dictyota; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CORAL; DOMINANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MACROALGA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DICTYOTA PINNATIFIDA; DICTYOTA PULCHELLA; PORITES ASTREOIDES;

EID: 79953203936     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09032     Document Type: Article

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