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Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: Bottom-up eutrophication and top-down herbivory
| Title: | Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: Bottom-up eutrophication and top-down herbivory. |
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| Name(s): |
Littler, Mark M., creator Littler, Diane S., creator Brooks, Barrett L., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 22 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 2875923 (digitool), FADT2875923 (IID), fau:5590 (fedora), 10.1016/j.hal.2005.11.003 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
A conceptual paradigm, the ‘‘Relative Dominance Model’’, provides the perspective to assess the interactive external forcingmechanisms controlling phase shifts among the dominant benthic functional groups on tropical coral reefs [i.e., microalgal turfs and frondose macroalgae (often harmful) versus reef-building corals and calcareous coralline algae (mostly beneficial due to accretion of calcareous reef framework)]. Manipulative experiments, analyses of existing communities and bioassays tested hypotheses that the relative dominances of these functional groups are mediated by two principal controlling factors: nutrients (i.e., bottom-up control) and herbivory (i.e., top-down control). This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/hal and may be cited as: Littler, Mark M., Diane S. Littler and Barrett L. Brooks (2006) Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: bottom‐up eutrophication and top-down herbivory. Harmful Algae 5:565-585 doi:10.1016/j.hal.2005.11.003 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1614. |
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| Subject(s): |
Algae Eutrophication Animal-plant relationships Corals |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2875923 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2005.11.003 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2006 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Other Version: | This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/hal and may be cited as: Littler, Mark M., Diane S. Littler and Barrett L. Brooks (2006) Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: bottom‐up eutrophication and top-down herbivory. Harmful Algae 5:565-585 doi:10.1016/j.hal.2005.11.003. |
