Zostera marina seagrass beds enhance the attachment of the invasive alga Sargassum muticum in soft sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 354, Issue , 2008, Pages 305-309

  Tweedley, James R ^a   Jackson, Emma L ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invasive alga; Sargassum muticum; Seagrass; Soft sediment; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

AID REFORM; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALGAL MAT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWN ALGA; COLONIZATION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; REPLACEMENT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBSTRATE;

DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALCOMBE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 40149087033     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07242     Document Type: Article

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