Initial settlement of planktonic propagules may affect the structure of intertidal communities
in some circumstances but not in others. Of the very few studies of initial settlement, most …

The colonial ascidian—algal symbiosis Didemnum molle Herdman occurs in large numbers
(densities of> 100 colonies/m2) on shallow patch reefs in the lagoon at Lizard Island …

Recruitment of juvenile scleractinian corals to natural calcium carbonate settlement plates
varied seasonally and annually on 4 vertically separated reef front sites during a 3 yr study …

In northeastern New Zealand abundance of the echinoid Evechinus chloroticus is strongly
linked to habitat. A survey of both adults and juveniles in 3 habitats showed that numbers …

Many benthic marine organisms are characterized by a long-distance dispersal phase; it has
been suggested that this factor may control the population dynamics of many species as well …

Forty-five species of sessile animals, including 32 species of cyclostome and cheilostome
bryozoans, settled on experimental panels over a 1 yr period. Colonies were readily …

The assemblage of solitary ascidians in rocky subtidal habitats of the San Juan Islands,
Washington, USA, is dominated numerically by a few species of stolidobranchs: Pyura …

A simple suction device was constructed to sample quantitatively small animals (between 6
mm and 200 μm) from hard surfaces under the kelp in a subtidal Ecklonia radiata (C …

I studied factors affecting recruitment of the gorgonian Leptogorgia virgulata and the
compound ascidian Aplidium stellatum onto a subtidal limestone outcropping. The …