Ecological Archives E094-011-A1

Nick Ferguson, Craig R. White, Dustin J. Marshall. 2013. Competition in benthic marine invertebrates: the unrecognized role of exploitative competition for oxygen. Ecology 94:126–135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-0795.1

Appendix A. Classification of study species into different growth forms.

Appendix A (Table A1). Classification of study species into different growth forms. Note that those with a more ambiguous growth form have a secondary classification of 'intermediate' in parentheses. Analyses indicated that the inclusion of these intermediate growth forms had no impact on the qualitative outcome of our analyses.

Phylum Species Growth form
Bryozoa Bugula neritina Erect
Bugula stolonifera Erect
Hippopodina indicia Flat
Schizoporella sp. Flat
Watersipora subtorquata Flat
Annelida Hydroides diramphus Flat (Intermediate)
Janua pagenstecheri Flat (Intermediate)
Arthropoda Balanus amphitrite Erect
Porifera Sycon sp. Erect
Porania sp. Flat
Ascidia Styela plicata Erect
Botrylloides sp. Flat
Diplosoma listerianum Flat
Botryllus sp Flat
Didemnum sp. Flat

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