Effects of El Niño on beds of Ulva lactuca along the northwest coast of the Gulf of California, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 447-453

  Pacheco Ruiz I ^a   Becerril Bobadilla, F ^a   Zertuche Gonzalez J A ^a   Chee Barragan A ^a   Galvez Telles A ^a   Blanco Betancourt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beds; Biomass; ENSO; Gulf of California; Seaweed; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0141920357     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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