Macroalgae Inhibits Larval Settlement and Increases Recruit Mortality at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

• Fiona J. Webster ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fiona J. Webster, Russell C. Babcock

  * E-mail: fiwebster001@hotmail.com

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, GPO Box S1400, Perth, W.A., 6849, Australia

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• Russell C. Babcock ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fiona J. Webster, Russell C. Babcock

  Affiliation CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Cleveland Marine Laboratories, P.O Box 120, Cleveland, Queensland, 4163, Australia

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• Mike Van Keulen ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, GPO Box S1400, Perth, W.A., 6849, Australia

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• Neil R. Loneragan

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Fish, Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Murdoch University, GPO Box S1400, Perth, W.A., 6849, Australia

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