Marginal populations under pressure: Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of Ascophyllum nodosum and associated assemblages affected by human trampling in Portugal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 73-82

  Bertocci, Iacopo ^a   Araújo, Rita ^a   Vaselli, Stefano ^a   Sousa Pinto, Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Marginal populations; Rocky intertidal; Spatial heterogeneity; Temporal heterogeneity; Trampling disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; MACROALGA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; TRAMPLING; WEED;

PORTUGAL;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; PATELLIDAE; POLYSIPHONIA LANOSA; RHODOPHYTA; RHODOTHAMNIELLA FLORIDULA; ULVA;

EID: 80054972853     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09328     Document Type: Article

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