The impact of frond crowding on frond bleaching in the clonal intertidal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) from British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 228-232

  Scrosati, Ricardo ^a,b   DeWreede, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bleaching desiccation; Frond crowding; Gigartinaceae; Intertidal zone; Irradiance; Mazzaella cornucopiae; Net photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CROWDING; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROALGAE; STAND DENSITY;

BARKLEY SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

MAZZAELLA CORNUCOPIAE;

EID: 0031960085     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340228.x     Document Type: Article

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