The interspecific biomass-density relationship for terrestrial plants: Where do clonal red seaweeds stand and why?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-197

  Scrosati, Ricardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Gelidiales; Gigartinales; Intertidal zone; Mazzaella; Plant density; Pterocladiella; Ramet; Seaweed; Stand biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONAL GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RAMET; RED ALGA;

MAZZAELLA CORNUCOPIAE; PTEROCLADIELLA CAPILLACEA;

EID: 0034113488     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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