The role of vegetative fragmentation in dispersal of the invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia in the Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 299-303

  Ceccherelli, Giulia ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caulerpa taxifolia; Colonisation; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Introduced alga; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DISPERSAL; FRAGMENTATION; MACROALGA; SEASONALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0033546293     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182299     Document Type: Article

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