Seasonal changes in epiphytic macro-algae assemblages between offshore exposed and inshore protected Posidonia sinuosa Cambridge et Kuo Seagrass Meadows, Western Australia

Botanica Marina

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Kendrick, G A ^a,c   Burt, J S ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Marine Impacts Branch   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CERAMIACEAE; CORALLINALES; CYANOBACTERIA; HALOPHILA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA SINUOSA; RHODOMELACEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030962199     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1997.40.1-6.77     Document Type: Article

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