Niche partitioning and the coexistence of two Cryptic Dictyota (dictyotales, phaeophyceae) species from the Canary Islands

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1075-1087

  Tronholm, Ana ^a   Sansón, Marta ^a   Afonso Carrillo, Julio ^a   Verbruggen, Heroen ^b   De Clerck, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Cryptic species; Dictyota cymatophila; Dictyota dichotoma; Niche partitioning; Phenology; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; DICTYOTALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78649858713     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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