Biogenic habitat structure of seaweeds change along a latitudinal gradient in ocean temperature

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 264-271

  Wernberg, Thomas ^a,b   Thomsen, Mads S ^a,c   Tuya, Fernando ^d   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global warming; Macroalgae; Ocean climate; Patches and canopy structure; Subtidal rocky reefs; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GLOBAL WARMING; KELP FOREST; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; OPEN OCEAN; PATCH DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWEED; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; FUCALES; SARGASSUM;

EID: 79955116444     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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