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Effects of temperature, size, and food on the growth of Membranipora membranacea in laboratory and f...

Effects of temperature, size, and food on the growth of Membranipora membranacea in laboratory and f...

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Effects of temperature, size, and food on the growth of Membranipora membranacea in laboratory and field studies

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Effects of temperature, size, and food on the growth of Membranipora membranacea in laboratory and field studies

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Marine biology, 2009-10, Vol.156 (11), p.2267-2276

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

In the rocky subtidal ecosystem of the western North Atlantic outbreaks of the introduced epiphytic bryozoan
Membranipora membranacea
cause defoliation of kelp beds and facilitate the introduction of other non-native benthic species. We quantified size- and temperature-dependent growth rates of
M. membranacea
colonies in the field and t...

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Effects of temperature, size, and food on the growth of Membranipora membranacea in laboratory and field studies

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_208061659

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_208061659

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ISSN

0025-3162

E-ISSN

1432-1793

DOI

10.1007/s00227-009-1254-6

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