Native pipefish Entelurus aequoreus are promoted by the introduced seaweed Sargassum muticum in the northern Wadden Sea, North Sea

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Polte, Patrick ^a,b   Buschbaum, Christian ^a  

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

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Entelurus aequoreus; Introduced seaweed; North sea; Pipefish; Sargassum muticum; Wadden sea; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; ENTELURUS AEQUOREUS; HARPACTICOIDA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 60949100855     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00071     Document Type: Article

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