Propagule banks, herbivory and nutrient supply control population development and dominance patterns in macroalgal blooms

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-58

  Lotze, Heike K ^a,b   Worm, Boris ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

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

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIASPORE; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BALTIC SEA;

ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; PILAYELLA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0034071598     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890106.x     Document Type: Article

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