Hydrolithon spp. (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) overgrow live corals (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Yemen

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2419-2428

  Benzoni, Francesca ^a,b   Basso, Daniela ^a   Caragnano, Annalisa ^a   Rodondi, Graziella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CORAL; CORALLINE ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; POLYP;

YEMEN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; CORALLINALES; HYDROLITHON; HYDROLITHON RUPESTRE; PORITES LUTEA; RHODOPHYTA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 80255132776     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1743-2     Document Type: Article

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