Temporal and multiple scale spatial variation in juvenile and adult abundance of the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Åberg, Per ^a   Pavia, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Egg production; Hierarchical sampling; Juvenile abundance; Seaweed; Spatial variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FERTILITY; POPULATION NUMBER; SEAWEED; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ISLE OF MAN; SWEDEN; TJARNO; UK;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030660085     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps158111     Document Type: Article

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