Limited impact of Sargassum muticum on native algal assemblages from rocky intertidal shores

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Olabarria, Celia ^a   Rodil, Iván F ^a   Incera, Mónica ^b   Troncoso, Jesús S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal assemblages; Biological invasions; Removal experiment; Rocky intertidal; Sargasum muticum effects

Indexed keywords

ALGAL ASSEMBLAGES; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ROCKY INTERTIDAL; SARGASUM MUTICUM EFFECTS;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

FORESTRY;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; NATIVE SPECIES; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEM; SARGASSUM; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 60449099241     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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