Deposition patterns of algal wrack species on estuarine beaches

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Gómez, Marina ^a   Barreiro, Francisco ^a   López, Jesús ^a   Lastra, Mariano ^a   de la Huz, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal wrack; Estuarine beaches; Intertidal levels; NW Spain; Spatio temporal pattern; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BIOMASS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MACROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; ULVA;

EID: 84873478175     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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