Population structure and dynamics of the clonal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) from Barkley Sound, Pacific coast of Canada

Botanica Marina

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 483-493

  Scrosati, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CLONAL ORGANISM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BARKLEY SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

MAZZAELLA CORNUCOPIAE;

EID: 0031657884     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1998.41.1-6.483     Document Type: Article

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