Rafting on abiotic substrata: Properties of floating items and their influence on community succession

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-17

  Bravo, Macarena ^a   Astudillo, Juan Carlos ^a   Lancellotti, Domingo ^a   Luna Jorquera, Guillermo ^a,b   Valdivia, Nelson ^b,c   Thiel, Martin ^a,b  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abiotic substrata; Buoyancy; Chile; Floating behaviour; Fouling community; Rafting; Succession; Surface rugosity

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; FOULING; GREEN ALGA; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA SURFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

CHILE;

ASCIDIACEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; DIPLOSOMA (TUNICATE); ULVALES;

EID: 80055001478     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09344     Document Type: Article

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