First year demography of the foundation species, Ascophyllum nodosum, and its community implications

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 405-415

  Dudgeon, Steve ^a   Petraitis, Peter S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALGA; DEMOGRAPHY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; ROCKY SHORE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 17144398085     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13782.x     Document Type: Article

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