Mesograzers prefer mostly native seaweeds over the invasive brown seaweed Sargassum muticum

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Engelen, Aschwin H ^a   Henriques, Nuno ^a   Monteiro, Carla ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Food choice; Invasion theory; Sargassum muticum; Seaweed grazer interaction

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWN ALGA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAWEED; SNAIL;

PORTUGAL;

ALGAE; HYDROBIA ULVAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM; STYPOCAULON SCOPARIUM;

EID: 79956112002     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0680-x     Document Type: Article

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