A strategy for the proliferation of Ulva prolifera, main causative species of green tides, with formation of sporangia by fragmentation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gao, Shan ^a   Chen, Xiaoyuan ^a   Yi, Qianqian ^a   Wang, Guangce ^a,b   Pan, Guanghua ^a   Lin, Apeng ^b,c   Peng, Guang ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GROWTH; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISK DIFFUSION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GREEN ALGA; GREEN TIDE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWEED; SPORANGIOSPORE; SPOROGENESIS; ULVA; ULVA PROLIFERA; BACTERIAL SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ULVA PROLIFERA;

BIOMASS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPORES; ULVA;

EID: 77649091060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008571     Document Type: Article

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