Nutrient addition increases consumption rates of tropical algae with different initial palatabilities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-31

  Chan, Alvin Y ^a   Lubarsky, Katie ^a   Judy, Kaitlin N ^a   Fong, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthophora spicifera; Dictyota dichotoma; Herbivory; Nutrient enrichment; Sargassum polyceratium; Tropical marine algae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAWEED; SPECIALIST;

ACANTHOPHORA SPICIFERA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA SERTULARIOIDES; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; ECHINOIDEA; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM POLYCERATIUM; TURBINARIA TURBINATA;

EID: 84866987077     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09946     Document Type: Article

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