Phase shift facilitation following cyclone disturbance on coral reefs

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1193-1203

  Roff, George ^a   Doropoulos, Christopher ^a,b   Zupan, Mirta ^a,b   Rogers, Alice ^a,c   Steneck, Robert S ^d   Golbuu, Yimnang ^b   Mumby, Peter J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Palau International Coral Reef Center   (Palau)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liagora sp; Lobophoravariegata; Macroalgae; Positive interaction; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; CYCLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MACROALGA; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

CAROLINE ISLANDS; PALAU;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS; LIAGORA; LIAGORA SP.;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; FISH; HERBIVORY; HURRICANE; PALAU; SEAWEED;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; CYCLONIC STORMS; FISHES; HERBIVORY; PALAU; SEAWEED;

EID: 84937979154     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3282-x     Document Type: Article

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