Patterns of reproductive effort in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Åberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Cost of reproduction; Elasticity analysis; Reproductive effort; Seaweed; Size dependence

Indexed keywords

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; LIFE HISTORY; MACROALGAE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SIZE-DEPENDENCE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0029669568     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138199     Document Type: Article

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