Effects of the alien algae Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) on the diversity and abundance of benthic macrofauna in Golfo Nuevo (Patagonia, Argentina): Potential implications for local food webs

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1521-1532

  Irigoyen, Alejo J ^a   Trobbiani, Gaston ^b   Sgarlatta, Maria P ^b   Raffo, Maria P ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Diversity; Food webs; Invasive seaweed; Undaria pinnatifida

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROBENTHOS; POLYCHAETE; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; GOLFO NUEVO; PATAGONIA;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIALES; MAMMALIA; NEMERTEA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POLYCHAETA; UNDARIA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 79957994649     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9910-9     Document Type: Article

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