Drifting Algal Rafts Provide A Trophic. Floating Macroalgal Rafts Can Form Extensive Habitat In Coastal Waters And Support Abundant And Diverse Communities Of Juvenile Fishes. Rafts Comprised Predominantly Of Sargassum Spp. Are Common Within The Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area, Western Australia, And May Be An Important Transitional Habitat For Pre-Settlement Coastal Fishes.

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abundant area australia coast coastal common communities comprised diverse extensive fishes floating form habitat heritage important juvenile macroalgal may ningaloo pre-settlement rafts sargassum spp support transitional waters western world 4k