Survival strategies in Polysiphonia adamsiae and P. Strictissima (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae) subjected to sediment deposition and grazing pressure

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-334

  Mei, Junxue ^a,b   Schiel, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Growth differences; Sporic reproduction; Turf; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; GRAZING PRESSURE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

ALGAE; POLYSIPHONIA; POLYSIPHONIA STRICTISSIMA; RHODOMELACEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 35848933425     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509920     Document Type: Article

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