Influence of acute and chronic disturbance on macrophyte landscape zonation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 335, Issue , 2007, Pages 111-121

  Tewfik, Alexander ^a,c   Guichard, Frederic ^a   McCann, Kevin S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Competition; Gaps; Macroalgae; Seagrass; Stress; Succession; Waves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOZONATION; DOMINANCE; MACROPHYTE; MICROHABITAT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL; SEAGRASS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FORCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 34249020529     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps335111     Document Type: Article

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