Apical growth-measurements of Fucus vesiculosus L.: Limited value in monitoring

Botanica Marina

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Bonsdorff, E ^a   Nelson, W G ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BLADDER WRACK; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030454656     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.129     Document Type: Article

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