Overgrowth patterns of the red algae Furcellaria lumbricalis at an exposed Baltic Sea coast: The results of a remote underwater video data analysis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-316

  Bučas, Martynas ^a   Daunys, Darius ^a   Olenin, Sergej ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

abrasion; patchiness; phytobenthos; sediment stability; sublittoral; wind exposure

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; GROWTH; PATCHINESS; PHYTOBENTHOS; RED ALGA; STORM; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; FURCELLARIA LUMBRICALIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34748820006     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.038     Document Type: Article

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