Allelopathic interactions between the opportunistic species ulva prolifera and the native macroalga gracilaria lichvoides

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Dong ^a   Gao, Zhengquan ^b   Zhang, Xiaowen ^a   Fan, Xiao ^a   Wang, Yitao ^c   Li, Demao ^d   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhuang, Zhimeng ^a   Ye, Naihao ^a  

^a YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GRACILARIA LICHVOIDES; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT NUTRIENT; SEA; ULVA PROLIFERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD; GRACILARIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; ULVA;

GRACILARIA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FOOD; GRACILARIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ULVA;

EID: 84859500012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033648     Document Type: Article

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