The prevalence and production of turf-forming algae on a temperate subtidal coast

Phycologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-248

  Copertino, Margareth ^a,c   Connell, Sean D ^a   Cheshire, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA RADIATA;

EID: 19444377895     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[241:TPAPOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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