Consequences of morphology and tissue strength to blade survivorship of two closely related rhodophyta species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 257-266

  Shaughnessy, Frank J ^a   De Wreede, Robert E ^b   Bell, Emily C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Drag; Gametophyte; Iridaea; Mazzaella; Sporophyte; Surviv orship

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; IRIDAEA; MAZZAELLA; MAZZAELLA LINEARIS; MAZZAELLA SPLENDENS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0029830135     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps136257     Document Type: Article

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