Absence of a large brown macroalga on urbanized rocky reefs around Sydney, Australia, and evidence for historical decline

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 897-901

  Coleman, Melinda A ^a   Kelaher, Brendan P ^b   Steinberg, Peter D ^a   Millar, Alan J K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat forming; Loss; Macroalga; Phyllospora comosa; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PHYLLOSPORA; PHYLLOSPORA COMOSA;

EID: 48749113304     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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