Grazing and nutrients reduce recruitment success of Fucus vesiculosus L. (Fucales: Phaeophyceae)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 437-444

  Korpinen, Samuli ^a   Jormalainen, Veijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; competition for space; eutrophication; Fucus vesiculosus; mesograzer herbivory; nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNAIL; TURBIDITY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUCALES; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; THEODOXUS FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 42649128049     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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