Caprellid assemblages (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in shallow waters invaded by Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea from southeastern Spain

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-117

  Vazquez Luis M ^a   Guerra Garcia J M ^b   Sanchez Jerez, P ^a   Bayle Sempere, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Caprellidae; Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea; Invasive species; Southeastern Spain

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRUSTACEAN; FAUNA; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; SHALLOW WATER; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLA HIRSUTA; CAPRELLIDA; CAPRELLIDAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; CRUSTACEA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; PHTISICA MARINA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; PSEUDOPROTELLA PHASMA;

EID: 67349150417     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0129-4     Document Type: Article

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