The influence of surface wettability on the adhesion strength of settled spores of the green alga Enteromorpha and the diatom Amphora

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1116-1122

  Finlay, John A ^a   Callow, Maureen E ^a   Ista, Linnea K ^b   Lopez, Gabriel P ^b   Callow, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHORA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; ENTEROMORPHA; EUKARYOTA; ULVA;

EID: 0038523913     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.6.1116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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