Seaweeds in cold seas: Evolution and carbon acquisition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 525-536

  Raven, John A ^a   Johnston, Andrew M ^a,b   Kübler, Janet E ^a,g   Korb, Rebecca ^a,h   McInroy, Shona G ^a   Handley, Linda L ^b   Scrimgeour, Charlie M ^b   Walker, Diana I ^c   Beardall, John ^d   Clayton, Margaret N ^d   Vanderklift, Mathew ^c   Fredriksen, Stein ^e   Dunton, Kenneth H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Chlorophyta; Glaciations; Heterokontophyta; Phaeophyceae; Review; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

CARBON; EVOLUTION; GLACIATION; SEAWEED;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BROWN ALGA; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SEA; SEAWEED; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE, BROWN; ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAE, RED; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BICARBONATES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD; CYANOBACTERIA; EARTH (PLANET); EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; HEAT; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWEED; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; LAMINARIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0036802047     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf171     Document Type: Review

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