Ecological Complexity of Coral Recruitment Processes: Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores on Coral Recruitment and Growth Depends Upon Substratum Properties and Coral Species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Davies, Sarah W ^a,b   Matz, Mikhail V ^a   Vize, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CERITHIUM LITTERATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GASTROPOD; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORITES; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYTA; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; GULF OF MEXICO; HERBIVORY;

EID: 84883609706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072830     Document Type: Article

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