Spatio-temporal variability of intertidal algal assemblages of the Slovenian coast (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-105

  Rindi, Fabio ^a   Battelli, Claudio ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Fucus virsoides; Intertidal assemblages; Marine algae; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ALGA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; CERAMIUM; CLADOPHORA ALBIDA; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; FUCUS; FUCUS VIRSOIDES; GELIDIUM PUSILLUM; LOPHOSIPHONIA; POLYSIPHONIA OPACA; ULVA; ULVA COMPRESSA; ULVA LAETEVIRENS;

EID: 21844463547     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2005.022     Document Type: Article

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