Spatiotemporal variation of the abundance of calcareous green macroalgae in the Florida keys: A study of synchrony within a macroalgal functional-form group

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 742-752

  Collado Vides, Ligia ^a,b   Rutten, Leanne M ^a,c   Fourqurean, James W ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal assemblages; Calcareous green algae; Distribution; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Functional form group; Long term monitoring; Macroalgae; Macroalgal abundance; Macroalgal communities; Monitoring; Spatiotemporal variation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 23944435867     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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