Distribution of Sargassum muticum on the North West coast of Spain: Relationships with urbanization and community diversity

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-495

  Incera, Mónica ^a   Olabarria, Celia ^b   Cacabelos, Eva ^b   César, Javier ^a   Troncoso, Jesús S ^b  

^a Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Galician coast; Sargassum muticum; Spatial distribution; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWN ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIAN SHELF; SPAIN;

ALGAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 79951856777     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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