Ecology of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) at its southern distributional limit: growth and production of early developmental stages

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-259

  Viana, Inés G ^a   Bode, Antonio ^a   Fernández, Consolación ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

demography; growth; macroalga; production; reproduction; upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

FUCUS VESICULOSUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84938293587     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2015.1013159     Document Type: Article

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