Dynamics of macroalgal blooms along the Cape Cod National Seashore

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-66

  Lyons, Patrick ^a,b   Thornber, Carol ^a   Portnoy, John ^c   Gwilliam, Evan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cape Cod National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 77649304109     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0105     Document Type: Article

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