Habitat formation prevails over predation in influencing fouling communities

Abstract Coastal human‐made structures, such as marinas and harbors, are expanding worldwide. Species assemblages described from these artificial habitats are novel relative to natural reefs, particularly in terms of the abundance of nonindigenous species (NIS). Although these fouling assemblages ar...

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Main Authors: Jean‐Charles Leclerc, Frédérique Viard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3654