Habitat effect on spatio-temporal variability in size and density of the introduced alga Caulerpa taxifolia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 289-294

  Ceccherelli, Giulia ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caulerpa taxifolia; Habitat modification; Introduced alga; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BLADE; INTRODUCED MACROALGAE; MACROALGAE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(WEST); MEDITERRANEAN;

CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0032510549     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163289     Document Type: Article

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