Temperature and light responses of alga Caulerpa taxifolia introduced into the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Komatsu, Teruhisa ^a,b   Meinesz, Alexandre ^a   Buckles, Daphne ^a,c  

^a Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caulerpa taxifolia; Light; Mediterranean Sea; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTRODUCED ALGAE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIGHT; MACROALGAE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE/LIGHT RESPONSES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030621038     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146145     Document Type: Article

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