Mechanisms underlying marine macroalgal invasions : understanding invasion success of Sargassum muticum

This thesis examines different aspects of invasion success of the brown macroalga Sargassum muticum. Chapter two investigates the relationship between native diversity and invasibility by S. muticum in experimental and unmanipulated communities of low intertidal macroalgae. I found that diversity ef...

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Main Author: White, Laura Linsey Fallaize
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23713