Facilitative effects of introduced Pacific oysters on native macroalgae are limited by a secondary invader, the seaweed Sargassum muticum

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-128

  Lang, Anne C ^a   Buschbaum, Christian ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Algal Canopy; Epibenthos; Infauna; Introduced Species; Understorey Algae

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROALGA; MOLLUSC; NATIVE SPECIES; SEAWEED; SESSILE SPECIES; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; ANTITHAMNION PLUMULA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ELACHISTA FUCICOLA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; POLYSIPHONIA NIGRESCENS; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 75749094699     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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