Blue- and green-light signals for gamete release in the brown alga, Silvetia compressa

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-201

  Pearson, Gareth A ^a   Serrão, Ester A ^a   Dring, Matthew ^b   Schmid, Rainer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

External fertilization; Intertidal seaweed; Photoreceptor; Reproductive biology; Spawning

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE, BROWN; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SILVETIA; SILVETIA COMPRESSA;

EID: 0842265870     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1424-z     Document Type: Article

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