The relationship between stand biomass and frond density in the clonal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 259-265

  Scrosati, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomass density relationship; Gigartinaceae; Mazzaella cornucopiae; seaweed; self thinning

Indexed keywords

MAZZAELLA CORNUCOPIAE; GIGARTINACEAE;

BIOMASS; FRONDS; POPULATION DENSITY; SELF-THINNING;

EID: 0029662848     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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