Control of macroalgal blooms at early developmental stages: Pilayella littoralis versus Enteromorpha spp.

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-54

  Lotze, Heike K ^a   Schramm, Winfrid ^a   Schories, Dirk ^b   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastal eutrophication Crustacean grazers germination; Overwintering propagules

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GERMINATION; GRAZING; GROWTH REGULATION; LIGHT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OVERWINTERING; PLANT GROWTH; SPORE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOTIC FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAZING; MACROALGA;

BALTIC SEA;

ENTEROMORPHA; GAMMARUS LOCUSTA; IDOTEA CHELIPES; PILAYELLA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0032955742     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050759     Document Type: Article

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