Male gametophyte fragmentation in laminaria digitata: A life history strategy to enhance reproductive success

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-394

  Destombe, Christophe ^a,b   Oppliger, L Valeria ^a,b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gametophyte; Life history; Resource allocation; Sex; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; GAMETOPHYTE; KELP FOREST; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPOROPHYTE;

LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA;

EID: 80455137152     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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