Seaweed-coral interactions: Variance in seaweed allelopathy, coral susceptibility, and potential effects on coral resilience

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bonaldo, Roberta M ^a,b   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA ASPERA; ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; CHLORODESMIS FASTIGIATA; CNIDARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GALAXAURA FILAMENTOSA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROALGA; MONTIPORA DIGITATA; NONHUMAN; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION SIZE; PORITES CYLINDRICA; PORITES LOBATA; SEAWEED; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIJI; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLELOPATHY; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FIJI; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWEED; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84899888831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085786     Document Type: Article

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