Spatial patterns and seasonal fluctuations of intertidal macroalgal assemblages from Tarifa Island, southern Spain: Relationship with associated Crustacea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Guerra García, José M ^a   Cabezas, M Pilar ^a   Baeza Rojano, Elena ^a   García Gómez, J Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crustacea; ecology; intertidal; seasonality; seaweeds; southern Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; PROTECTED AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TARIFA;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLIDA; CAULACANTHUS USTULATUS; CHAETOMORPHA AEREA; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CRUSTACEA; FUCUS; FUCUS SPIRALIS; GAMMARIDAE; GELIDIUM; GELIDIUM CORNEUM; GYMNOGONGRUS; JANIA RUBENS; OSMUNDEA PINNATIFIDA; PERACARIDA; ULVA; ULVA RIGIDA; VALONIA UTRICULARIS;

EID: 79951700496     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001219     Document Type: Article

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