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Article: New marine biology study findings have been reported by scientists at University of Gothenburg.(Report)
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- May 15, 2009
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"Understanding the demography and function of biotope-forming seaweed species is of great importance for the conservation of the target species itself, as well as its associated organisms. The brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum is fundamental for the functioning of coastal marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic," investigators in Gothenburg, Sweden report.
"In this study, we use a data-based size-classified matrix model to investigate the temporal and spatial variability in demography, and the environment-specific stochastic sensitivity and elasticity, of two A. nodosum populations, one in western Sweden and one on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. A significant ...
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