Spatial variation in juvenile and adult Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) sporophytes

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-95

  Wernberg, Thomas ^a,b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density; Ecklonia radiata; Population structure; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWN ALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPOROPHYTE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ECKLONIA RADIATA; LAMINARIALES;

EID: 54249164472     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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