Intraspecific competition in Fucus serratus and F. evanescens (Phaeophyceae: Fucales) germlings: Effects of settlement density, nutrient concentration, and temperature

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Steen, H ^a   Scrosati, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWEED; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUCALES; FUCUS; FUCUS EVANESCENS; FUCUS SERRATUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 1642505570     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1175-8     Document Type: Article

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