Research note: Salinity tolerance of Arctic kelps from Spitsbergen

Phycological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-262

  Karsten, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alaria; Fucus; Laminaria; Photosynthetic performance; Saccorhiza

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KELP FOREST; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALARIA (PHAEOPHYCEAE); ALARIA ESCULENTA; ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS DISTICHUS; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LAMINARIA SOLIDUNGULA; LAMINARIALES; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA; SACCORHIZA (PHAEOPHYTE); SACCORHIZA DERMATODEA;

EID: 36248940665     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2007.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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