Novel morphology in Enteromorpha (Ulvophyceae) forming green tides

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1756-1763

  Blomster, Jaanika ^a,c   Bäck, Saara ^b   Fewer, David P ^c   Kiirikki, Mikko ^b   Lehvo, Annamaija ^b   Maggs, Christine A ^a   Stanhope, Michael J ^a,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chlorophyta; Enteromorpha intestinalis; Green tides; ITS sequences; Monostromatic; Morphology; Phylogenetic analysis; Ulvophyceae

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY;

BALTIC SEA;

ACROSIPHONIALES; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; ENTEROMORPHA; ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; EUKARYOTA; MONOSTROMA; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVALES; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036862153     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.11.1756     Document Type: Article

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