Spatial and seasonal variation in density, reproductive status, length and phenolic content of the invasive brown macroalga Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt along the coast of Western Brittany (France)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-344

  Plouguerné, Erwan ^a   Le Lann, Klervi ^a   Connan, Solène ^a   Jechoux, Grégory ^a   Deslandes, Eric ^a   Stiger Pouvreau, Valérie ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

French Brittany; Invasive; Phenolic content; Population biology; Sargassum muticum; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINISTERE; FRANCE; POINTE DU DIABLE; WESTERN EUROPE;

SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 33749354638     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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