Seasonal light and temperature responses of Caulerpa taxifolia from the northwestern Mediterranean

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 215-225

  Gacia, Esperança ^a   Rodríguez Prieto, Conxi ^b   Delgado, Olga ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Invasive seaweed; Photosynthesis; Seasonally

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAULERPA AGARDH; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA; PANTHERA LEO;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MACROALGAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0029777735     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(95)01001-7     Document Type: Article

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