Impact of the invasive green alga Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea on the epiphytic macroalgal assemblage of Posidonia oceanica seagrass rhizomes in the Adriatic Sea

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-167

  Antolić, Boris ^a   Žuljević, Ante ^a   Despalatović, Marija ^a   Grubelić, Ivana ^a   Cvitković, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; CHLOROPHYTA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOCHROMA;

EID: 44449137387     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0155     Document Type: Article

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