Appendices

Appendix A: A map showing the location of the experimental study site (Rib Reef) and of Goold Island, the source of reproductive adult plants.
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Appendix B: Concentrations of water-dissolved, inorganic nutrients in ambient (untreated control) nutrient treatment during nutrient pulses (sampling) and in the water column at the experimental site in Rib Reef, together with published values for offshore and inshore reefs.
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Appendix C: A diagram showing the method of seeding Sargassum fissifolium recruits onto cermaic settlement plates in aquarium tanks prior to transplantation to the study site for nutrient and herbivore manipulations.
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Appendix D: Photographs showing the three herbivore treatments.
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Appendix E: Photographs of plates showing Sargassum fissifolium after 1 wk in incaged plots, exposed to herbivores, and in full cages protected from herbivores.
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Appendix F: Photographs showing settlement plates and close-up views of plates from uncaged plots and herbivore-exclusion cages after 40 days on the study reef.
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Appendix G: Results of factorial ANOVAs for effects of herbivore exclusion and nutrient enhancement on early stages of two coral-reef seaweeds.
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