Are neighbours harmful or helpful in Fucus vesiculosus populations?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 191-201

  Creed, Joel C ^a,b   Norton, T A ^a   Kain, Joanna M ^a  

^a Port Erin Marine Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture; Density; Fucus vesiculosus; Intraspecific competition; Thinning

Indexed keywords

FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; THINNING;

EID: 0029667192     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps133191     Document Type: Article

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