Physical factors driving intertidal macroalgae distribution: Physiological stress of a dominant fucoid at its southern limit

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-353

  Martínez, Brezo ^a   Arenas, F ^b   Rubal, M ^b   Burgues S ^a   Esteban, R ^c   Garcia Plazaola I ^c   Figueroa, F L ^d   Pereira, R ^b   Saldana L ^a   Sousa Pinto, I ^b   Trilla, A ^b   Viejo, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Ecophysiology; Fucus serratus; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INHIBITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS;

EID: 84866342795     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2324-x     Document Type: Article

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