Coral reef algae

Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 241-272

  Fong, Peggy ^a   Paul, Valerie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical defenses; climate change; coral algal competition; cyanobacteria; diversity; herbivory; invasive species; Macroalgae; nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955900658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_17     Document Type: Chapter

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