Influence of Sargassum spp. attached to rhodoliths on sampling effort and demographic analyses of Sargassum spp. (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) attached to a reef

Botanica Marina

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 517-521

  Kendrick, G A ^a   Brearley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; MACROALGAE; RHODOLITH; SAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA; ROTTNEST ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SARGASSUM;

EID: 0031404813     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1997.40.1-6.517     Document Type: Article

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