Population dynamics of an invasive green alga, Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides, in tidepools on a rocky shore in Nova Scotia, Canada

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Schmidt, Allison L ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides; Growth; Intertidal zone; Invasive species; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM FRAGILE;

EID: 26944484746     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-3-403.1     Document Type: Article

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