Are anti-fouling effects in coralline algae species specific?

The crustose coralline algae are susceptible to be covered by other algae, which in turn can be affected by anti-fouling effects. In this study the hypothesis tested was that these algae can inhibit the growth of epiphytes in a species specific way. In the laboratory, propagules of Sargassum furcatu...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Bigio Villas Bôas, Marcia A. de O. Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2004-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592004000100002