Mechanisms of recolonization of the clonal intertidal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) after disturbances

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1717-1724

  Scrosati, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demography; Disturbance; Gigartinaceae; Mazzaella cornucopiae; Mortality; Recolonization; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION;

ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BARKLEY SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GIGARTINACEAE; MAZZAELLA CORNUCOPIAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032464664     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-124     Document Type: Article

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