Production ecology and ecophysiology of turf algal communities on a temperate reef (West Island, South Australia) / Margareth Copertino.
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2002
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Copertino, Margareth
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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.
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Dept. of Environmental Biology
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Environmental Biology, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 235-258).
xxi, 274 leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map 30 cm.
xxi, 274 leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map 30 cm.