Biologically induced alternative states in two rocky subtidal benthic communities

This thesis is concerned with the contrasting communities that occur in the subtidal zones of two closely situated islands in Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa: Both are guano islands, supporting substantial populations of seabirds. They have a similar bottom topography and experience s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barkai, Amos
Other Authors: Branch, George M
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21935