Robustness in life history of the brown seaweed ascophyllum nodosum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) across large scales: Effects of spatially and temporally induced variability on population growth

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1139-1148

  Svensson, Carl Johan ^a   Pavia, Henrik ^b   Åberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOTOPE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEAWEED; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF MAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 64249138263     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1156-7     Document Type: Article

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