Observations on the mode and seasonality of reproduction in Furcellaria lumbricalis (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) populations in the northern Baltic Sea

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Kostamo, Kirsi ^a   Mäkinen, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Baltic sea; Furcellaria lumbricalis; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BRACKISH WATER; LIFE CYCLE; RED ALGA; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SALINITY; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; FURCELLARIA LUMBRICALIS; GIGARTINALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33748585205     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.037     Document Type: Article

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