Changes in amphipod (Crustacea) assemblages associated with shallow-water algal habitats invaded by Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 416-426

  Vazquez Luis M ^a   Sanchez Jerez, P ^a   Bayle Sempere, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea; Detritus; Invasive species; Mediterranean Sea; Shallow rocky bottoms

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION; ASSEMBLAGES; CAULERPA RACEMOSA;

OCEAN HABITATS;

AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; SHALLOW WATER;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CRUSTACEA; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROALGA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES INVASION;

AMPHIPODA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CAULERPA; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOE RAMONDI; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; CRUSTACEA; HYALE;

EID: 41249086661     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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