Rhodolith beds at the easternmost extreme of South America: Community structure of an endangered environment

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-320

  Riul, Pablo ^a   Lacouth, Patricia ^a   Pagliosa, Paulo Roberto ^b   Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey ^a   Horta, Paulo Antunes ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b CCB   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coralline algae; Macroalgae; Ma rl; Marine biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORALLINE ALGA; DOMINANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYTOBENTHOS; RED ALGA; SPECIES EVENNESS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CERAMIALES; LITHOTHAMNION;

EID: 61849083633     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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