Seasonal changes of the introduced Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) at the northwest limit of its Mediterranean range

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-70

  Ruitton, Sandrine ^a   Verlaque, Marc ^a   Boudouresque, Charles François ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Biometry; Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea; Grazing; Growth rate; Introduced species; Mediterranean Sea; Pattern of colonisation; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; BOOPS BOOPS; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; CAULERPALES; CHLOROPHYTA; SALPA; SARPA SALPA;

EID: 20144375211     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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