Macroalgal communities of intertidal rock pools in the northwest coast of Portugal

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-202

  Araújo, Rita ^a   Sousa Pinto, I ^a,b   Barbara I ^c   Quintino, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Intertidal; Macroalgae; NW Portugal; Rock pools

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; RED ALGA; ROCK POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHLOROPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33749265470     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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