Settlement and survival of epiphytes on two intertidal crustose coralline alga

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-260

  Figueiredo, Marcia A De O ^a,b   Norton, Trevor 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

Antifouling; Crustose coralline alga; Epiphytes; Light; Phymatolithon; Substrata

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DENSITY; HISTOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL RATE; ZYGOTE;

ANTIFOULING; CORALLINE ALGAE; CRUSTOSE ALGAE; CRUSTOSE CORALLINE ALGA; EPIPHYTE; EPIPHYTES; SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT SURVIVAL; SURFACE MICROTOPOGRAPHY;

UK, ISLE OF MAN;

ENTEROMORPHA; FUCUS; PHYMATOLITHON LENORMANDII; PHYMATOLITHON PURPUREUM; ULVA;

EID: 0030619572     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02766-9     Document Type: Article

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