Distinctive morphological features, life-cycle phases and seasonal variations in subtropical populations of Dictyota dichotoma (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-144

  Tronholm, Ana ^a   Sansón, Marta ^a   Afonso Carrillo, Julio ^a   De Clerck, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Dictyota dichotoma; Morphology; Nuclear ribosomal sequence data (LSU rDNA); Phenology; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; GAMETOPHYTE; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESTING STAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPOROPHYTE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; DICTYOTALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 44349167211     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.017     Document Type: Article

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