Sea temperature shapes seasonal fluctuations in seaweed biomass within the Ningaloo coral reef ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-166

  Fulton, Christopher J ^a   Depczynski, Martial ^b,c   Holmes, Thomas H ^c,d   Noble, Mae M ^a   Radford, Ben ^b,c   Wernberg, Thomas ^b,c   Wilson, Shaun K ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Science Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; CANOPY; HETEROGENEITY; MACROALGA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892740219     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.1.0156     Document Type: Article

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