Species richness in macroalgae and macrofauna assemblages on Fucus serratus L. (Phaeophyceae) and Zostera marina L. (Angiospermae) in Skagerrak, Norway

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-19

  Fredriksen, Stein ^a   Christie, Hartvig ^b   Sæthre, Bjarte Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Epiphytes; Fucus serratus; Mobile macrofauna; Norway; Skagerrak; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; MACROALGA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SKAGERRAK;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 27944444168     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000510018953     Document Type: Article

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