Impact of the invasive seaweed Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta) on an intertidal macroalgal assemblage

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 923-930

  Sánchez, Íñigo ^a   Fernández, Consolación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Intertidal; Invasion; Macroalgal assemblages; Northern Spain; Removal experiment; Sargassum muticum; Succession

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; SEAWEED; SUCCESSION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALGAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 26844479629     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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