Influence of tourist activity on the diversity of seaweed from reefs in Maracajaú, Atlantic ocean, Northeast Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 889-893

  Silva, Ingrid B ^a   Fujii, Mutue T ^b   Marinho Soriano, Eliane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Macroalgae; Reef environment; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; DRY WEIGHT; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; STRAMENOPILE; TOURISM;

EID: 84863991193     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000078     Document Type: Article

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