Direct and indirect effects of the introduced alga Sargassum muticum on benthic, subtidal communities of Washington State, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 61-78

  Britton Simmons, Kevin H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Indirect effects; Introduced algae; Sargassum muticum; Shading; Stronglylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTRODUCED SPECIES; SHADING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA BONGARDIANA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM; STRONGLYOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 4544259789     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277061     Document Type: Article

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