High mortality of Zostera marina under high temperature regimes but minor effects of the invasive macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-46

  Hoffle H ^a   Thomsen, M S ^b,c   Holmer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal mats; Denmark; Introduced species; Seagrass; Sulphide intrusion; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POREWATER; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SULFIDE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

DENMARK; FYN; ODENSE; SYDDANMARK;

ALGAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA VERMICULOPHYLLA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 79952073709     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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