Which demographic traits determine population growth in the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-684

  Engelen, Aschwin ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a ALGAE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Cystoseira humilis; Elasticity; Life history traits; Matrix models; Population dynamics; Population growth; Sargassum muticum; Seaweeds; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEAWEED; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CYSTOSEIRA HUMILIS; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 67449163700     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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