Distance effects on short-term recolonization of Sargassum stenophyllum by mobile epifauna, with an analysis of gammarid life habits

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 901-910

  Tanaka, Marcel O ^a,b   Leite, Fosca P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EPIFAUNA; LIFE HISTORY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; EUKARYOTA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARIDEA; HALOPHILA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM STENOPHYLLUM;

EID: 7544240214     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010173h     Document Type: Article

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