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Rafting on abiotic substrata: properties of floating items and their influence on community succession

M Bravo^{a b}, Juan Carlos Astudillo^{a b}, DOMINGO A. LANCELLOTTI^{a b}, Guillermo Luna‐Jorquera^{a b c d}, Nelson Valdivia^{c d e f}, Martín Thiel^{a b c d}✉

^aFacultad de Ciencias de Mar , Universidad Católica del Norte , Larrondo 1281 , Coquimbo , Chile
^bFacultad de Ciencias de Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile
^cCentro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA) , Coquimbo , Chile
^dCentro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas (CEAZA), Coquimbo, Chile
^eInstituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas , Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad Austral de Chile , Campus Isla Teja s/n , Valdivia , Chile
^fInstituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja s/n, Valdivia, Chile
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Marine Ecology Progress Series Inter-Research2011-08-17 107 citations56 references

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Dispersal of organisms across the oceans is brought about by dense aggregations of pumice (left), which may appear sporadically after submarine volcanic eruptions, and by ubiquitous accumulations of anthropogenic debris (right).

TL;DRIt is concluded that colonization and succession on floating substrata is strongly influenced by positional changes, while surface rugosity and buoyancy appear important only during initial stages of community succession. (Semantic Scholar)

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