Mortality of shoots of Posidonia oceanica following meadow invasion by the red alga Lophocladia lallemandii

Botanica Marina

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-13

  Ballesteros, Enric ^a   Cebrian, Emma ^a   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Lophocladia lallemandii; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; MEADOW; MORTALITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; RED ALGA; SEAGRASS; SHOOT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; LOPHOCLADIA LALLEMANDII; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34147102853     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2007.002     Document Type: Article

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