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Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne remove blooms of the invasive green alga Caulerpa brachypus forma parvifolia (Harvey) Cribb from coral reefs off northern Palm Beach County, Florida
| Title: | Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne remove blooms of the invasive green alga Caulerpa brachypus forma parvifolia (Harvey) Cribb from coral reefs off northern Palm Beach County, Florida. |
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| Name(s): |
Lapointe, Brian E., creator Bedford, Bradley J., creator Baumberger, Rex E., Jr., creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | Springer Science+Business Media | |
| Extent: | 7 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3174028 (digitool), FADT3174028 (IID), fau:5746 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Coral reefs worldwide are under stress from a variety of anthropogenic activities that can alter or inhibit recovery from catastrophic physical disturbances such as hurricanes. On coral reefs off southeast Florida, land-based nutrient pollution contributed to a successful invasion ofCaulerpa brachypus fornaparvifolia that dominated (up to 90% cover) reefs between January 2003 and August 2004. In September 2004, physical effects from Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne removed virtually all of theC. brachypus from the affected reefs. In July 2005, small patches ofC. brachypus began to re-emerge and the area was affected again by Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com/ and may be cited as: Lapointe, B. E., Bedford,B. J., & Baumberger, R. (2006). Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne remove blooms of the invasive green alga Caulerpa brachypus forma parvifolia (Harvey) Cribb from coral reefs off northern Palm Beach County, Florida. Estuaries and Coasts, 29(6A), 966-971. doi:10.1007/BF02798657 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1638. |
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| Subject(s): |
Hurricanes Algal blooms Organisms Coral reefs and islands Nutrient pollution of water |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174028 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2006 Estuarine Research Federation | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
