Sedimentation reduces recruitment success of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in the Baltic Sea

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^a   Johansson, Gustav ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eutrophication; Field experiment; Fucus vesiculosus; Macroalgal recruitment; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEDIMENTATION;

BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; HALOPHILA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0141906914     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0967026031000121688     Document Type: Article

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