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Marine‐Dependent Terrestrial Biotic Communities on Some Cays in the Coral Sea
Author(s) -
Heatwole Harold
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934598
Subject(s) - guano , ecology , carrion , coral , invertebrate , vegetation (pathology) , marine invertebrates , biology , geography , medicine , pathology
Coral cays devoid of vascular vegetation were found to contain terrestrial invertebrates, the number of species being related to island size. Sea birds, through contributing guano and carrion were chiefly responsible for the energy transfer from the marine to the insular community.