Distribution, morphology, and genetic affinities of dwarf embedded Fucus populations from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-303

  Mathieson, Arthur C ^a   Dawes, Clinton J ^a,b   Wallace, Aaron L ^a   Klein, Anita S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Dwarf embedded fucus; Ecology; Genetics; Morphology; Salt marsh fucoid algae

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEAWEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS SPIRALIS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; HYMENACHNE; POACEAE;

EID: 33748598982     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.036     Document Type: Article

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