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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...
Autores principales: | Coma, Rafel, Serrano, Eduard, Linares, Cristina, Ribes, Marta, Díaz, David, Ballesteros, Enric |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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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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