Indirect, size-dependent effects of crustacean mesograzers on the Rhodophyta Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss: Evidence from a short-term study in the Lesina Lagoon (Italy)

Marine Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1163-1173

  Mancinelli, G ^a   Rossi, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 0034939846     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100545     Document Type: Article

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