Natural succession of macroalgal-dominated epibenthic assemblages at different water depths and after transplantation from deep to shallow water on Spitsbergen

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1191-1203

  Fricke, Anna ^a,b   Molis, Markus ^a   Wiencke, Christian ^a   Valdivia, Nelson ^a   Chapman, Annelise S ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Community; Diversity; Hard bottom; Macroalgal; Recruitment; Sublittoral; Succession; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MACROALGA; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAWEED; SHALLOW WATER; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; ECTOCARPALES; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS; ULOTHRIX IMPLEXA; ULVOPHYCEAE; UROSPORA;

EID: 50249171137     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0458-4     Document Type: Article

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