Zoobenthos associated with the invasive red alga Womersleyella setacea (Rhodomelacea) in the northern Aegean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 629-641

  Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIFAUNA; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; RED ALGA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROCKY SHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOBENTHOS;

AEGEAN SEA; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CHALKIDIKI PENINSULA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; RHODOPHYTA; WOMERSLEYELLA SETACEA;

EID: 34249033960     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407048151     Document Type: Article

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