Bottom-Up Factors for Algal Productivity Outweigh No-Fishing Marine Protected Area Effects in a Marginal Coral Reef System

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1056-1069

  Gilby, Ben L ^a   Maxwell, Paul S ^b,c   Tibbetts, Ian R ^c   Stevens, Tim ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Healthy Waterways Limited   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bottom up; herbivory; macroalgae; no take MPAs; nutrients; salinity; temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CORAL REEF; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; PROTECTED AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84940719084     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9883-8     Document Type: Article

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