Influence of a narrow depth gradient and season on the morphology, phenology, and epibiosis of the brown alga Sargassum cymosum

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-770

  Jacobucci, G B ^a   Guth A Z ^b   Turra, A ^b   Leite, F P P ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

algal morphology; algal phenology; epibiosis; Phaeophyta; Sargassum; seasonality; seaweed depth variability; tropical algal bed

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIBIOSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SEAWEED; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM CYMOSUM;

EID: 79956040193     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001633     Document Type: Article

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