Macrobenthos of the nearshore Aleutian Archipelago, with emphasis on invertebrates associated with Clathromorphum nereostratum (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae)

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Chenelot, Heloise ^a   Jewett, Stephen C ^a   Hoberg, Max K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Crustose coralline algae; Kelp holdfast; Ocean acidification; Soft sediment; Urchin barren

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ARCHIPELAGO; CORALLINE ALGA; ECHINODERM; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; KELP FOREST; LONGEVITY; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MICROHABITAT; MONITORING SYSTEM; RED ALGA; SCUBA DIVING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CLATHROMORPHUM; CORALLINACEAE; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 80051937495     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0071-y     Document Type: Article

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