Algal propagule banks modify competition, consumer and resource control on baltic rocky shores

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-293

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

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

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Eutrophication; Fucus vesiculosus; Grazing; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; ULVA;

EID: 0034879645     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100648     Document Type: Article

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