Rhodolith beds (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) and their physical and biological environment at 806319N in Nordkappbukta (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway)

Phycologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-390

  Teichert, Sebastian ^a   Woelkerling, William ^b   Rüggeberg, Andres ^c   Wisshak, Max ^a   Piepenburg, Dieter ^d   Meyerhöfer, Michael ^e   Form, Armin ^e   Büdenbender, Jan ^e   Freiwald, André ^a,f  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lithothamnion glaciale; Nordkappbukta; Phymatolithon tenue; Polar carbonate factory; Rhodolith community; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CORALLINALES; LITHOTHAMNION GLACIALE; PHYMATOLITHON; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84863937112     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/11-76.1     Document Type: Article

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