Scale of impact determines early post-disturbance assemblage structure in subtidal Fucus beds in the Baltic Sea (Bornholm, Denmark)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Wernberg, Thomas ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Canopy gaps; Disturbance; Edge effects; Scale dependence; Subtidal Fucus bed

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; MACROALGA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS;

EID: 33644915333     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260500505524     Document Type: Article

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