Formation of propagules on an invasive strain of Caulerpa racemosa (Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea

Phycologia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 533-535

  Renoncourt, Line ^a   Meinesz, Alexandre ^a  

^a Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036755375     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-41-5-533.1     Document Type: Article

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