Seasonal patterns of biomass, growth and reproduction in Dictyota cervicornis and Stoechospermum polypodioides (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) on a shallow reef flat in the southern Red Sea (Eritrea)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-17

  Ateweberhan, Mebrahtu ^a   Bruggemann, J Henrich ^b,c,d   Breeman, Anneke M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Dormant stages; Reproduction; Seasonality; Size inequality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

ALGAE; DICTYOTA CERVICORNIS; DICTYOTALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STOECHOSPERMUM;

EID: 17144415270     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2005.001     Document Type: Article

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