Negative effects of an autogenic ecosystem engineer: Interactions between coralline turf and an ephemeral green alga

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 315, Issue , 2006, Pages 67-73

  Daleo, Pedro ^a   Escapa, Mauricio ^b   Alberti, Juan ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Corallina officinalis; Coralline algae; Desiccation; Ecosystem engineering; Habitat modification; Intertidal; Turf; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CORALLINE ALGA; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; ULVA; ULVA ARASAKII; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 33746095871     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps315067     Document Type: Article

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