Establishment of intertidal seaweed beds of Sargassum thunbergii through habitat creation and germling seeding

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-17

  Yu, Yong Qiang ^a   Zhang, Quan Sheng ^a   Tang, Yong Zheng ^a   Zhang, Shu Bao ^a   Lu, Zhi Cheng ^a   Chu, Shao Hua ^a   Tang, Xue Xi ^b  

^a YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial seeding; Habitat creation; Intertidal seaweed bed; Restoration; Sargassum thunbergii

Indexed keywords

ALGAL POPULATIONS; ARTIFICIAL SEEDING; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; AVERAGE LENGTH; COASTAL AREA; DOUBLE LAYERS; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; GERMLINGS; HABITAT CREATION; HIGH-STRENGTH; INTERTIDAL HABITATS; MACRO-ALGAE; NATURAL HABITAT; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RESTORATION METHODS; RESTORATION TECHNIQUES; SARGASSUM THUNBERGII; SEAWEED BEDS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER MOTION;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAKES; SEAWEED;

RESTORATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAWEED; SEEDING; SEEDLING; SUBSTRATE;

ALGAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM THUNBERGII;

EID: 84860266337     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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