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Effects of Disturbance and Initial Settlement on Fouling Community Structure
Author(s) -
Mook David H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1937715
Subject(s) - ecology , disturbance (geology) , predation , fouling , habitat , community structure , environmental science , composition (language) , geography , biology , paleontology , genetics , membrane , linguistics , philosophy
Ceramic tiles were submerged in the Indian River, Florida, and observed for 2 yr. Neither simulated increases in predation pressure not variation in initial species composition had any observed effect upon the structure of the fouling communities on the tiles. However, the exclusion of predators changed the species composition of the fouling communities by allowing species that are normally grazed off to predominate.