Survival of microscopic stages of a perennial kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) from the center and the southern extreme of its range in the Northern Hemisphere after exposure to simulated El Niño stress

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 677-686

  Ladah, Lydia B ^a,b   Zertuche González, José A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Autónoma de Baja California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EL NINO; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NITRATE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEAWEED; SEED BANK; SPOROPHYTE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

LAMINARIALES; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 34548043482     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0723-z     Document Type: Article

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