In-Situ Effects of Simulated Overfishing and Eutrophication on Benthic Coral Reef Algae Growth, Succession, and Composition in the Central Red Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Jessen, Christian ^a   Roder, Cornelia ^b   Villa Lizcano, Javier Felipe ^b   Voolstra, Christian R ^b   Wild, Christian ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISHING; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC REGIONS; OVERFISHING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RED SEA; SIMULATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HERBIVORY; INDIAN OCEAN; NITROGEN; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWEED;

EID: 84879194808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066992     Document Type: Article

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