Determinants of spatial pattern at different scales in two populations of the marine alga Rissoella verruculosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 37-47

  Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a   Bertocci, Iacopo ^a   Vaselli, Stefano ^a   Maggi, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Biological interactions; Recruitment; Rissoella verruculosa; Rocky shores; Spatial scaling; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; RED ALGA; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; RHODOPHYTA; RISSOELLA VERRUCULOSA;

EID: 21244443461     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293037     Document Type: Article

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