Distribution and morphological variation of low-shore algal turfs

Marine Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1233-1239

  Airoldi, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Corso di Laurea in Scienze Ambientali ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034938798     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100546     Document Type: Article

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