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Production ecology and ecophysiology of turf algal communities on a temperate reef (West Island, South Australia)

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 235-258). Estimates the primary production and investigates the photosynthetic performance of temperate turfs at West Island, off the coast of South Australia. These communities play a fundamental role in reef ecology, being the main source of food for grazers, both fishes and invertebrates. Turfs also have an important function in benthic algal community dynamics, being the first colonizers on disturbed and bare substratum.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/114877
Date January 2002
CreatorsCopertino, Margareth.
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RelationSUA

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