Long-term decline and recent recovery of Fucus populations along the rocky shores of southeast Sweden, Baltic Sea

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-598

  Nilsson, Jonas ^a   Engkvist, Roland ^a   Persson, Lars Eric ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Eutrophication; Fucus serratus; Fucus vesiculosus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOVERY; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; IDOTEA; IDOTEA BALTICA; ISOPODA;

EID: 11144291011     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-004-5665-7     Document Type: Article

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