… was to determine the morphological plasticity and changes in the percentage of … turf algae
(FTA): two under experimental conditions (reciprocal transplantation of healthy and dead coral …

… of turf algae, but competition will inhibit recovery of reefs … species and functional or
morphological groups for analyses … to turf-forming algae could be mediated in part by changes to …

… turf algae were able to invade live coral and damage the … foliose morphology of the brown
foliose alga L. variegata. H. … branches as the change in area (mm2) of dead coral tissue, …

… and evidence for the competitive nature of the changes documented. Historical synthesis of
… contrasting photographs of coral recruits apparently overgrowing filamentous turf algae, and …

… Competition between corals and benthic algae is centrally important to the structure and
condition of coral reefs. … We also tested the significance of the changes through time using a …

… competing with corals have not been assessed. We evaluated eight morphological
characters of four species of stoloniferous clonal filamentous turf algae (FTA), including …

… On coral reefs, the ubiquitous turf algae are the primary food … of coral−turf competitive
interactions. However, because … of the morphological diversity within the mixed species turf …

… of herbivores to mediate coral-turf algae competition: on reefs with low coral cover and high
… However, we did not quantify changes over time in turf algae cover because not all locations …

… of grazing through suc cessful competition in grazing refugia. … to any one par ticular
morphological, ecological, or systematic … These turf algae possess morphologies that maximize …

… changes in benthic community structure, namely a great increase in upright algae often at
the expense of corals (… temperate community do not overcome the modest morphological and/…