Ultraviolet radiation and consumer effects on a field-grown intertidal macroalgal assemblage in Antarctica

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1201-1215

  Zacher, Katrina ^a   Wulff, Angela ^b   Molis, Markus ^a   Hanelt, Dieter ^c   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diversity; Grazing; Hard bottom community; King George Island; Macroalgal recruitment; Ozone depletion; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRAZING; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ALGAE; MONOSTROMA HARIOTII; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 34250371626     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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