Artificial ultraviolet-B radiation and cell expansion in the intertidal alga Ulva expansa (Setch.) S. and G. (Chlorophyta)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-223

  Grobe, Carl W ^a,b   Murphy, Terence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall extensibility; Chlorophyta; Growth rate; Osmotic potential; Ultraviolet B; Ulva expansa

Indexed keywords

CELL EXPANSION; GROWTH RATE; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ULVA EXPANSA;

EID: 0030704215     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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