Seasonal variation in photosynthesis and biochemical composition of Caulerpa spp. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from the Gulf of Mexico

Phycologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-319

  Robledo, Daniel ^a   Freile Pelegrín, Yolanda ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA ASHMEADII; CAULERPA CUPRESSOIDES; CAULERPA MEXICANA; CAULERPA PASPALOIDES; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPALES; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 19444376303     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[312:SVIPAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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