Influence of substratum colour on the recruitment of macrofouling communities

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 941-946

  Satheesh, S ^a   Wesley, S Godwin ^a  

^a SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

artificial substrata; ascidians; barnacle; biofouling; fouling community; substrata colour; tubeworms

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOFOULING; COASTAL WATER; COLOR MORPH; CRUSTACEAN; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SESSILE SPECIES;

ASCIDIACEA; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; THORACICA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 77958458241     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000032     Document Type: Article

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