Growth and survival of the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in tide pools on a rocky shore in Nova Scotia

Botanica Marina

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 404-412

  Bégin, Chantale ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides; Intertidal; Introduced species

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA; GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SURVIVAL;

CANADA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; CODIUM FRAGILE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0141818062     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2003.040     Document Type: Article

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