In vitro cultivation of three Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta, Areschougiaceae) variants (green, red and brown) exposed to a commercial extract of the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum (Fucaceae, Ochrophyta)

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Loureiro, Rafael Rodrigues ^a   Reis, Renata Perpetuo ^a   Critchley, Alan T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Acadian Seaplants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Commercial algal extracts; Epiphytes; Kappaphycus alvarezii; Mitigation; Technological improvement

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANSER; ARESCHOUGIACEAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; CLADOPHORA; FUCACEAE; KAPPAPHYCUS; KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POLYSIPHONIA SUBTILISSIMA; RHODOPHYTA; STRAMENOCHROMA; ULVA;

EID: 77349107201     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-009-9412-2     Document Type: Article

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