Seasonal dynamics of Sargassum ilicifolium (Phaeophyta) on a shallow reef flat in the southern Red Sea (Eritrea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 292, Issue , 2005, Pages 159-171

  Ateweberhan, M ^a,b   Bruggemann, J H ^a,b,c,d   Breeman, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Density; Growth; Module dynamics; Phenology; Reproduction; Seasonality; Size equalisation; Survivorship; Trade off

Indexed keywords

PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

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

ALGAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM ILICIFOLIUM;

EID: 20444451318     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps292159     Document Type: Article

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