Characteristics of the Ascophyllum nodosum stands and their associated diversity along the coast of Brittany, France

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Gollety, Claire ^a,b,c   Thiebaut, Eric ^a,b   Davoult, Dominique ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; biomass; density; lengths; rocky shores; species richness

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROWN ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROALGA; METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 80055057130     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000901     Document Type: Article

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