Storm-generated sediment deposition on rocky shores: Simulating burial effects on the physiology and morphology of Saccharina latissima sporophytes

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-223

  Roleda, Michael Y ^a,b   Dethleff, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleaching; High saturating light; Kelps; Morphology; North Sea; Photosynthesis; Pigments; Smothering; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; BROWN ALGA; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; GRAVEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; KELP FOREST; LIGHT INTENSITY; MACROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; RESUSPENSION; ROCKY SHORE; SPOROPHYTE; STORM; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; LAMINARIALES; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

EID: 79951593565     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2010.497189     Document Type: Article

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