Green and golden seaweed tides on the rise

Nature

Volumn 504, Issue 7478, 2013, Pages 84-88

  Smetacek, Victor ^a   Zingone, Adriana ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; MITIGATION; SEAWEED;

AQUACULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHRYSOPHYTA; COASTAL WATERS; DEEP SEA; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; GREEN ALGA; HARVESTING; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARGASSUM; SEAWEED; TIDE; ULVA;

ECOSYSTEM; SARGASSUM; SEAWEED; TIDAL WAVES; ULVA;

EID: 84889598085     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12860     Document Type: Review

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