The influence of canopy algae on vertical patterns of distribution of low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-106

  Bulleri, Fabio ^a,c   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a   Acunto, Stefano ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy algae; Conservation of biodiversity; Cystoseira; Habitat homogenisation; Habitat formers; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA;

EID: 0037011943     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00361-6     Document Type: Article

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