Reproductive seasonality and early life temperature sensitivity reflect vulnerability of a seaweed undergoing range reduction

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 495, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-129

  Andrews, Stefan ^a   Bennett, Scott ^a   Wernberg, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distribution; Extreme event; Germling; Heat wave; Macroalgae; Range contraction; Recruitment; Reproduction; Scytothalia; Thermal tolerance; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEAT FLOW; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892401216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10567     Document Type: Article

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