Agar from two coexisting species of Gracilaria (Gracilariaceae) from the Mexican Caribbean;Agar de dos especies coexistentes de Gracilaria (Gracilariaceae) del Caribe mexicano

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-228

  Espinoza Avalos, Julio ^a   Hernández Garibay, Enrique ^b   Zertuche González, José A ^c   del Castillo, Ma Esther Meave ^d  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agar; Gracilaria spp.; Reproductive phases; Seasonal changes; Yucatan Peninsula

Indexed keywords

AGAR; COEXISTENCE; MACROALGA; RED ALGA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA; YUCATAN STATE;

ALGAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA CORNEA; GRACILARIA CRASSISSIMA; GRACILARIACEAE; HALOPHILA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0038710365     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v29i2.144     Document Type: Article

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