An integrated study of the temporal and spatial variation in the supply of propagules, recruitment and assemblages of intertidal macroalgae on a wave-exposed rocky coast, Victoria, Australia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-225

  Bellgrove, Alecia ^a,b,c   Clayton, Margaret N ^a   Quinn, G P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queenscliff Marine Station   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Macroalgae; Recruitment; Rocky shores; Supply of propagules; Variation

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

VICTORIA;

EID: 4444300673     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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