Co-occurrence of Caulerpa taxifolia and C. racemosa in the Mediterranean Sea: Interspecific interactions and influence on native macroalgal assemblages

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-243

  Piazzi, Luigi ^a   Balata, David ^a   Cecchi, Enrico ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C. taxifolia; Caulerpa racemosa; Co occurring; Growth; Macroalgal assemblages

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROALGA;

ALGAE; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0141792303     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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