Sporogenesis under ultraviolet radiation in Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) reveals protection of photosensitive meiospores within soral tissue: Physiological and anatomical evidence

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-614

  Gruber, Ansgar ^a,c   Roleda, Michael Y ^a,d   Bartsch, Inka ^a   Hanelt, Dieter ^b   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers; DNA damage; Germination; Hyaline cells; Kelp; Laminaria digitata; Laminariales; Meiospore; Paraphysis cell; Phlorotannin; Physode; Plastids; Sorus; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LAMINARIALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79958770456     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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