Overgrowth and killing of corals by the brown alga Lobophora hederacea (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) on healthy reefs in New Caledonia: A new case of the epizoism syndrome

Phycological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-153

  Vieira, Christophe ^a,b,c   Payri, Claude ^a   De Clerck, Olivier ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coral killer; Macroalgal coral competition; Seriatopora

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BROWN ALGA; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; DICTYOTALES; LOBOPHORA (PHAEOPHYCEAE); LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POCILLOPORIDAE; RHODOPHYTA; SERIATOPORA; SERIATOPORA CALIENDRUM;

EID: 84928203410     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12082     Document Type: Article

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