Gamete release is increased by calm conditions in the coenocytic green alga Bryopsis (Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 730-739

  Speransky, Svetlana R ^a,b   Brawley, Susan H ^a   Halteman, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryopsis; DNA microspectrophotometry; Fertilization ecology; Hydrodynamics; Polyspermy; Recruitment; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GREEN ALGA; WATER FLOW;

BRYOPSIS;

EID: 0033831062     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99199.x     Document Type: Article

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