Seasonal variation in a low shore Fucus serratus (Fucales, Phaeophyta) population and its epiphytic fauna

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 191-197

  Williams, Gray A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

epiphytes; niche partitioning; rocky shore; seaweed; temporal and spatial variation

Indexed keywords

FUCUS SERRATUS; IDOTEA; LACUNA PALLIDULA; LITTORINA MARIAE; NUCELLA;

EPIPHYTE; EPIPHYTES; ROCKY SHORE; ROCKY SHORES;

EID: 0029662852     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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