Effects of filamentous algae and sediment on recruitment and survival of Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae) juveniles in the eutrophic Baltic Sea

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-307

  Isæus, Martin ^a   Malm, Torleif ^a   Persson, Sofia ^b   Svensson, Andreas ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Macroalgae; Patchy distribution; Polysiphonia fucoides; Sediment accumulation

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; COLONIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECRUITMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POLYSIPHONIA; POLYSIPHONIA FUCOIDES;

EID: 4544226684     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260410001714732     Document Type: Article

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