Settlement and post-settlement processes limit the abundance of the geniculate coralline alga Calliarthron on subtidal walls

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-45

  Goldberg, Nisse A ^a,b   Foster, Michael S ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

California; Calliarthron sp.; Distribution; Macroalgae; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; KELP FOREST; RECRUITMENT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DENSITY; LIGHT; MOTION; NONHUMAN;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CALLIARTHRON;

EID: 0037120792     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00334-9     Document Type: Article

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