Lithothamnion prolifer Foslie: A common non-geniculate coralline alga (Rhodophyta: Corallinaceae) from the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific

Botanica Marina

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-200

  Keats, D W ^a   Steneck, R S ^b   Townsend, R A ^c   Borowitzka, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CORALLINACEAE; LITHOTHAMNION; LITHOTHAMNION PROLIFER; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030515606     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.187     Document Type: Article

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