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Effect of the Spatial Orientation of a Substrate on the Formation of Early Fouling Communities in the White Sea

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The formation of early fouling communities developing under different spatial orientations of substrates and various lighting conditions was studied during a field experiment. The algal predominance on the sunlit upward-oriented sides and the animal predominance on the shaded downward-oriented sides are the consequence of two processes: (1) competitive displacement of animals from the sunlit sides by algae; (2) preferential colonization of the shaded downward-oriented sides of the substrates by animals.

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Khalaman, N.S. Golubovskaya, A.Yu. Komendantov, S.S. Malavenda, T.A. Mikhaylova, 2018, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2018, No. 1, pp. 93–102.

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Khalaman, V.V., Golubovskaya, N.S., Komendantov, A.Y. et al. Effect of the Spatial Orientation of a Substrate on the Formation of Early Fouling Communities in the White Sea. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 45, 82–90 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359018010065

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