Seasonal variations in growth and reproduction of Sargassum orotavicum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from the Canary Islands

Botanica Marina

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-29

  Díaz Villa, Tania ^a   Sansón, Marta ^a   Afonso Carrillo, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Canary Islands; Phenology; Sargassum orotavicum; Trait stability

Indexed keywords

SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALGAE; FUCALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM;

EID: 17144418527     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2005.003     Document Type: Article

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