Spatial variation patterns of subtidal seaweed assemblages along a subtropical oceanic archipelago: Thermal gradient vs herbivore pressure

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-333

  Sangil, Carlos ^a,b   Sansón, Marta ^b   Afonso Carrillo, Julio ^b  

^a Reserva Mundial de la Biosfera La Palma   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diadema; Gradients; Lobophora; Spatial variability; Subtidal assemblages; Subtropical reefs

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORALLINE ALGA; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REEF; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWEED; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; WAVE FIELD;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

ABIES; CYSTOSEIRA ABIES-MARINA; DIADEMA; DICTYOTALES; ECHINOIDEA; FUCALES; JANIA; LOBOPHORA (PHAEOPHYCEAE); LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; PSEUDOLITHODERMA;

EID: 80051864148     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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