Seasonal stability of sulfuric acid accumulation in the Dictyotales (Phaeophyceae)

Phycological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Sasaki, Hideaki ^a   Murakami, Akio ^a   Kawai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyotales; Ion chromatography; Low pH; Magnesium ion; Phaeophyceae; Sulfuric acid ion

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; IONIC COMPOSITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFURIC ACID;

DICTYOPTERIS PROLIFERA; DICTYOPTERIS UNDULATA; DICTYOTA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; DICTYOTALES; PADINA ARBORESCENS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SPATOGLOSSUM CRASSUM;

EID: 23844555315     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2005.tb00364.x     Document Type: Article

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