Ulva and Enteromorpha (Ulvales, Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) in eastern Australia: Comparison of morphological features and analyses of nuclear rDNA sequence data

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 709-725

  Woolcott, Geoffrey W ^a   King, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University College   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; ENTEROMORPHA COMPRESSA; ENTEROMORPHA FLEXUOSA; ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; LACTUCA; ULVA; ULVA AUSTRALIS; ULVA COMPRESSA; ULVA FASCIATA; ULVA FLEXUOSA; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVA LACTUCA; ULVALES; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033571305     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB97034     Document Type: Article

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