What are algal turfs? Towards a better description of turfs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 495, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-307

  Connell, S D ^a   Foster, M S ^b   Airoldi, L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Coral; Definition; Epilithic; Rock; Temperate; Turf forming

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALGAL MAT; CORAL; EPILITHON; KELP FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; RESEARCH WORK; SEDIMENT TRAP; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84892429757     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10513     Document Type: Review

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