Field testing of inter- and intraspecific coalescence among mid-intertidal red algae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2003, Pages 91-103

  Santelices, Bernabé ^a   Aedo, Diego ^a   Hormazábal, Marcela ^a   Flores, Verónica ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Algae shape; Chimerism; Coalescence; Competition; Intertidal habitats; Mazzaella; Nothogenia; Red seaweeds

Indexed keywords

CHIMERA; COALESCENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; MAZZAELLA; MAZZAELLA LAMINARIOIDES; NOTHOGENIA FASTIGIATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0038814846     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps250091     Document Type: Article

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