Annual cycle of wrack supply to sandy beaches: Effect of the physical environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 433, Issue , 2011, Pages 65-74

  Barreiro, F ^a   Gomez M ^a   Lastra, M ^a   Lopez J ^a   De La Huz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Marine terrestrial ecotone; NW Spain; Sandy beaches; Spatial subsidy; Wave exposure; Wrack

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BEACH; BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; DOMINANCE; ECOTONE; LIFE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WAVE ACTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 79960541232     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09130     Document Type: Article

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