Spatial and temporal variation of haploids and diploids in populations of four congeners of the marine alga Mazzaella

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 258, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-77

  Thornber, Carol S ^a,b   Gaines, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diploid; Haploid; Isomorphic life cycle; Macroalgae; Mazzaella capensis; Mazzaella flaccida; Mazzaella laminarioides; Mazzaella splendens

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; MACROALGA; PLOIDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED ALGA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; MAZZAELLA; MAZZAELLA CAPENSIS; MAZZAELLA FLACCIDA; MAZZAELLA LAMINARIOIDES; MAZZAELLA SPLENDENS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0141563166     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps258065     Document Type: Article

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