Deep water macroalgal communities adjacent to the Florida Keys reef tract

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 356, Issue , 2008, Pages 123-138

  Leichter, James J ^a   Stokes, M Dale ^a   Genovese, Salvatore J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Florida Keys; Light; Macroalgae; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BENTHOS; DEEP WATER; DETRITUS; DOMINANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SCUBA DIVING; SUBSTRATE; WATER COLUMN;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 42249092801     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07230     Document Type: Article

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