Ulva diversity in the Yellow Sea during the large-scale green algal blooms in 2008-2009

Phycological Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 270-279

  Liu, Feng ^a,b   Pang, Shao Jun ^a   Xu, Na ^a,b   Shan, Ti Feng ^a   Sun, Song ^a   Hu, Xiang ^c   Yang, Jian Qiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

Author keywords

Gametes; Green tides; Phylogeny; The Yellow Sea; Ulva prolifera

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CLADISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ULVA; ULVA LINZA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

EID: 77957240428     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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