Variability of epifaunal assemblages associated with native and invasive macroalgae

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 724-731

  Gestoso, Ignacio ^a   Olabarria, Celia ^a   Troncoso, Jesús S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

epifaunal assemblages; epiphytes; Galician coast; invasive and native macroalgae; Sargassum muticum; spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EPIFAUNA; EPIPHYTE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWEED; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIAN SHELF;

ALGAE; BIFURCARIA BIFURCATA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 77954098535     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09251     Document Type: Article

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