Epiphytic patterns of macroalgal assemblages on Cystoseira species (Fucales, Phaeophyta) in the east coast of Attica (Aegean Sea, Greece)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 412, Issue , 1999, Pages 67-80

  Belegratis, M R ^a   Bitis, I ^a   Economou Amilli, A ^a   Ott, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cystoseira (host plant); Epiphytes; Eutrophication; Macroalgae; Mediterranean; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; MACROALGA; TROPHIC STATUS;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA; CYSTOSEIRA SPINOSA;

EID: 0033208283     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003852300198     Document Type: Article

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