Desiccation protection and disruption: A trade-off for an intertidal marine alga

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1164-1170

  Hunt, Luke J H ^a   Denny, Mark W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation protection; Desiccation tolerance; Endocladia muricata; Fairy rings; Marine algae; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ENDOCLADIA; ENDOCLADIA MURICATA;

EID: 53549124664     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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