Ecophysiology of tropical rhodophytes. I. Microscale acclimation in pigmentation

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 701-710

  Beach, Kevin S ^a,b   Smith, Celia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Southampton College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahnfeltiopsis concinna; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; In vivo absorbance spectra; Laurencia mcdermidiae; Phycobilins; Rhodophyta; UV absorbing compounds

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT ACCLIMATION; MACROALGAE; MICROSCALE; PIGMENT; PIGMENTS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AHNFELTIOPSIS CONCINNA; LAURENCIA MCDERMIDIAE; RHODOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030302522     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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