| devil's tongue weed (grateloupia turuturu yamada) in northern portugal: passenger or driver of change in native biodiversity? | understanding the mechanisms underlying biological invasions is essential to separate their actual ecological effects from those of other human disturbances. this study examined experimentally whether the non-native red seaweed grateloupia turuturu is an opportunistic species taking advantage of degraded local conditions (passenger model), or the primary driver of changes in the structure of benthic assemblages (driver model). in a first experiment, traits of g. turuturu likely associated to its ... | 2016 | 27110653 |