Cytological damage to the red alga Griffithsia pacifica from ultraviolet radiation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 512, Issue , 2004, Pages 165-170

  Garbary, David J ^a   Kim, Kwang Young ^b   Hoffman, Jennie ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Development; Griffithsia; Rhizoids; Rhodophyta; Ultraviolet radiation; Uv

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CYTOLOGICAL DAMAGE; NUCLEAR DEGENERATION;

ALGAE;

CYTOLOGY; DAMAGE; RED ALGA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; GRIFFITHSIA; GRIFFITHSIA PACIFICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 1842481621     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000020323.78605.9e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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