Effect of nutrient availability on understory algae during El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions in Central Pacific Baja California

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Hernández Carmona, Gustavo ^a   Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael ^b   Serviere Zaragoza, Elisa ^c   Ponce Díaz, Germán ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California Sur; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Nutrients; Seawater temperature; Understory algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOSSIELLA ORBIGNIANA; COLPOMENIA SINUOSA; CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; CORALLINA VANCOUVERIENSIS; DICTYOTA FLABELLATA; EISENIA ARBOREA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA MARCIALANA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PHYLLOSPADIX TORREYI;

EID: 79958770333     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9656-5     Document Type: Article

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