High recruitment of the introduced bryozoan Membranipora membranacea is associated with kelp bed defoliation in Nova Scotia, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 139-151

  Saunders, Megan ^a   Metaxas, Anna ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic colonial organisms; Introduced species; Kelp beds; Membranipora membranacea; Population dynamics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BRYOZOAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFOLIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; KELP FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

BRYOZOA; LAMINARIALES; MEMBRANIPORA MEMBRANACEA; SACCHARINA;

EID: 56149121298     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07669     Document Type: Article

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