Chemically mediated competition, herbivory, and the structure of coral reefs
Corals, the foundation species of tropical reefs, are in rapid global decline as a result of anthropogenic disturbance. On many reefs, losses of coral have coincided with the over-harvesting of reef herbivores, resulting in ecosystem phase-shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance. It is hypothesize...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49019 |