Habitat-related differences in recruitment and survival of early recruits of the invasive Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) in northern Portugal

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 683, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 287-296

  Monteiro, Carla A ^a   Engelen, Aschwin H ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Grazing; Intertidal; Lunar phase; Recruitment; Sargassum muticum; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LUNAR CYCLE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAWEED; SURVIVAL;

PORTUGAL;

PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSACEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 84856398329     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0966-z     Document Type: Article

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