The invasion of the intertidal canopy-forming alga Fucus serratus L. to southwestern Iceland: Possible community effects

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 484-490

  Ingólfsson, Agnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

algae; boundary coordinates 63 56 N, 22 40 W 64 19 N 22 40 W; competition; food preferences; Fucus serratus; Iceland; interspecific relationships; intertidal environment; southwestern Iceland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWN ALGA; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD PREFERENCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; VEGETATION COVER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; FUCALES; FUCUS; FUCUS DISTICHUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 40849092603     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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