Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs: I. Nutrient stoichiometry of the invasive green alga Codium isthmocladum in the wider Caribbean indicates nutrient enrichment

Harmful Algae

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1092-1105

  Lapointe, Brian E ^a   Barile, Peter J ^a   Littler, Mark M ^b   Littler, Diane S ^a,b   Bedford, Bradley J ^c   Gasque, Constance ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Eutrophication; Macroalgae; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; CODIUM ISTHMOCLADUM;

EID: 27644557179     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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