Biomechanical properties of Udotea (Halimedales, Chlorophyta) in a Mexican reef lagoon

Phycologia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 443-449

  Collado Vides, L ^a   Dewreede, R E ^b   Milligan, K L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FLABELLUM; UDOTEA; UDOTEA FLABELLUM;

EID: 0032321936     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-37-6-443.1     Document Type: Article

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