Recovery after trampling disturbance in a canopy-forming seaweed population

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 697-707

  Rita, Araújo ^a   Isabel, Sousa Pinto ^a,b   Serrão, Ester A ^c   Per, Åberg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CANOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEAWEED; TRAMPLING;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 84857446623     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1847-8     Document Type: Article

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