The effects of insolation and grazing on populations of the splash zone alga Prasiola meridionalis (Chlorophyta)

Phycologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 349-355

  Anderson, Brian S ^a,b   Foster, Michael S ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; ENDOCLADIA MURICATA; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA; PRASIOLA MERIDIONALIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032726011     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-38-5-349.1     Document Type: Article

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