Sea Urchins Predation Facilitates Coral Invasion in a Marine Reserve

Macroalgae is the dominant trophic group on Mediterranean infralittoral rocky bottoms, whereas zooxanthellate corals are extremely rare. However, in recent years, the invasive coral Oculina patagonica appears to be increasing its abundance through unknown means. Here we examine the pattern of variat...

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Autores principales: Coma, Rafel, Serrano, Eduard, Linares, Cristina, Ribes, Marta, Díaz, David, Ballesteros, Enric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21789204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21789204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022017

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