Effects of copper and reduced salinity on grazing activity and macroalgae production: A short-term study on a mollusc grazer, Trochus maculatus, and two species of macroalgae in the inner Gulf of Thailand

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 913-919

  Elfwing, T ^a   Tedengren, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; HALOPHILA; MOLLUSCA; TROCHUS; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0036937650     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0763-8     Document Type: Article

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