Population biology of the subtidal kelps Macrocystis integrifolia and Lessonia trabeculata (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in an upwelling ecosystem of northern Chile: Interannual variability and El Niño 1997-1998

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-50

  Vega, J M Alonso ^a,b   Vásquez, Julio A ^a,b   Buschmann, Alejandro H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b CEAZA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Extinction and re colonization processes; Kelp herbivore interaction; La Ni a; Population and community ecology; Subtidal habitats

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIALES; LESSONIA TRABECULATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS INTEGRIFOLIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; TETRAPYGUS NIGER;

EID: 19944391326     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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