Acclimations of macroalgae as reflected in photosynthetic parameters derived from PAM fluorometry, and possible implications for abundance patterns

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-383

  Saroussi, Shai ^a   Beer, Sven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Jania rubens; Macroalgae; Photosynthetic parameters; Pulse amplitude modulated fluorometry; Ulva sp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCLIMATION; CORRELATION; FLUOROMETRY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; JANIA RUBENS; ULVA;

EID: 34548155537     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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