The role of recruitment in structuring patterns of small-scale spatial variability in intertidal and subtidal algal turfs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-145

  Coleman, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal assemblages; Recruitment; Scale; Turf; Variability

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALGAL MAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037573514     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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