Quantitative, molecular and growth analyses of Ulva microscopic propagules in the coastal sediment of Jiangsu province where green tides initially occurred

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-63

  Liu, Feng ^a   Pang, Shao Jun ^a   Zhao, Xiao Bo ^a   Hu, Chuan Ming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Institute of Oceanology and Marine Fisheries of Jiangsu   (China)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Internal Transcribed Spacer; Microscopic propagule; Nutrients; Sediments; Ulva prolifera

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COASTAL WATERS; DNA MARKERS; ELEVATED LEVEL; GROWTH ANALYSIS; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; JIANGSU PROVINCE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROSCOPIC PROPAGULE; MOLECULAR DATA; PROPAGULES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ULVA LINZA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LOW TEMPERATURE TESTING; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DNA; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GENETIC MARKER; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RESPONSE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROPAGULE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DNA MARKER; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT NUTRIENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE; ULVA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

CHINA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TIDAL WAVES; ULVA; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

ALGAE; ULVA; ULVA LINZA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

EID: 84855935458     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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