Effects of eutrophication, grazing, and algal blooms on rocky shores
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Effects of eutrophication, grazing, and algal blooms on rocky shores
Eutrophication can profoundly change rocky shore communities. These changes often cause the replacement of perennial, canopy-forming algae such as Fucus spp. with annual, bloom-forming algae such as Enteromorpha spp. Grazing, however, can counteract eutrophication by eliminating the annual algae’s susceptible recruits. We examine these generalizations across large scales. We use replicated ‘‘bi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Limnology and Oceanography
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0024-3590,1939-5590
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1_part_2.0569