Spatial and temporal patterns of recovery of low intertidal laminaria digitata after experimental spring and autumn removal

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-453

  Engelen, Aschwin H ^a   Lévèque, Laurent ^b   Destombe, Christophe ^c,d   Valero, Myriam ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance and recovery; Kelp composition and structure; Laminaria digitata; Sacchoriza polyschides

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTUMN; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GREEN ALGA; HARVESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; KELP FOREST; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); STORM SURGE;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; POLYSCHIDES; SACCORHIZA POLYSCHIDES;

EID: 80455176393     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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