The seaweed Caulerpa racemosa on Mediterranean rocky reefs: From passenger to driver of ecological change

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2205-2212

  Bulleri, Fabio ^a   Balata, David ^b   Bertocci, Iacopo ^a,c   Tamburello, Laura ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algal turfs; Alternative states; Canopy forming macroalgae; Caulerpa racemosa; Habitat degradation; Human disturbance; Invasive species; Mediterranean; Resilience; Rocky reefs

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMOGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROALGA; REEF; SEAWEED; SEDIMENTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CAULERPA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAULERPA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77955457418     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1857.1     Document Type: Article

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