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Simultaneous top-down and bottom-up forces control macroalgal blooms on coral reefs (Reply to the comment by Hughes et al.)
| Title: | Simultaneous top-down and bottom-up forces control macroalgal blooms on coral reefs (Reply to the comment by Hughes et al.). |
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| Name(s): | Lapointe, Brian E., creator | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1999 | |
| Publisher: | American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. | |
| Extent: | 8 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3172685 (digitool), FADT3172685 (IID), fau:5658 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Hughes et al. (1999) implied that I discounted the role of herbivory as a factor controlling macroalgal abundance on coral reefs. However, I explicitly recognized the contemporaneous effects of both grazing and nutrient availability as potential controllers of macroalgal blooms on coral reefs (see Fig. 1, RDM, and references in Lapointe 1997). While the term "macroalgal bloom" has been used loosely and is not defined in prior studies, I define this term to indicate an increase in abundance, above normal background levels, of a species in a geographic area or particular coral reef habitat. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://aslo.org/lo/ and may be cited as: Lapointe, B. E. (1999). Simultaneous top-down and bottom-up forces control macroalgal blooms on coral reefs (Reply to the comment by Hughes et al.). Limnology and Oceanography, 44(6), 1586-1592. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1298. |
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| Subject(s): |
Coral reef ecology Algal blooms Marine algae --Effect of grazing on Eutrophication Herbivores |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172685 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1999 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
