Calcified macroalgae critical to coastal ecosystems and vulnerable to change: A review

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 787-801

  Nelson, W A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcified green algae; Carbonate deposition; Corallinales; Ecosystem engineers; Invertebrate recruitment; Maerl; Ocean acidification; Rhodoliths

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCIFICATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DREDGING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RHODOLITH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; CORALLINALES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 73549109183     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08335     Document Type: Article

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