Grazer-controlled recruitment of the introduced Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) in northern Europe

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 342, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-138

  Sjøtun, Kjersti ^a   Eggereide, Sarah F ^a,b   Høisæter, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cage experiment; Germlings; Grazing; Introduced alga; Mesoherbivores; Sargassum muticum

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORTALITY; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; RECRUITMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; FUCALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 34548130083     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps342127     Document Type: Article

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