Drivers of colonization and succession in polar benthic macro- and microalgal communities

Botanica Marina

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 655-667

  Campana, Gabriela Laura ^a,b,c   Zacher, Katharina ^d   Fricke, Anna ^d,e,f   Molis, Markus ^d   Wulff, Angela ^g   Liliana Quartino, María ^a,h   Wiencke, Christian ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

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

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arctic; Global change; Microphytobenthos; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ICE COVER; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROALGA; MICROALGA; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYTOBENTHOS; POLAR REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROCKY SHORE; SEA ICE; SEAWEED; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 71849089205     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.076     Document Type: Review

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