Spatial dynamics of benthic competition on coral reefs

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1079-1090

  Sandin, Stuart A ^a   McNamara, Dylan E ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Competition colonization; Herbivory; Size specificity; Spatial constraints

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINODERM; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROWN ALGA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED ALGA; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PHAEOPHYTA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHODOPHYTA; SEA URCHINS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA; PISCES;

EID: 84858003187     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2156-0     Document Type: Article

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