Experimental removal of the invasive Caulerpa racemosa triggers partial assemblage recovery

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Klein, J C ^a,b   Verlaque, M ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological invasions; dead Posidonia oceanica matte; invasion impact; marine macrophytes; Mediterranean Sea; species introductions

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SISYPHUS;

EID: 79951726597     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000792     Document Type: Article

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