Vegetation patterns and spontaneous regression of Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh in Malinska (Northern Adriatic, Croatia)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Iveša, Ljiljana ^a   Jaklin, Andrej ^a   Devescovi, Massimo ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Caulerpa; Covered area; Eradication; Temperature; Vegetative cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GREEN ALGA; RECOLONIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KRK; MALINSKA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA AGARDH; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33749074449     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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