Experimental transplants of the large kelp Lessonia nigrescens (Phaeophyceae) in high-energy wave exposed rocky intertidal habitats of northern Chile: Experimental, restoration and management applications

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Correa, Juan A ^a   Lagos, Nelson A ^b   Medina, Matías H ^a,c   Castilla, Juan C ^a   Cerda, Mauricio ^a   Ramírez, Marco ^a   Martínez, Enrique ^d   Faugeron, Sylvain ^a   Andrade, Santiago ^a   Pinto, Raquel ^e   Contreras, Loretto ^a  

^a Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e Equipo de Estudios de Ecosistemas de Niebla   (Chile)

Author keywords

Experimental ecology; Intertidal; Kelps; Lessonia nigrescens; Restoration; Rocky shore; Transplant

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; TRANSPLANTATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

LESSONIA NIGRESCENS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33744518883     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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