Photosynthetic responses of an intertidal alga to emersion: The interplay of intertidal height and meteorological conditions

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 428, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-23

  Lamote, Morgane ^a,b   Johnson, Ladd E ^a   Lemoine, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Desiccation; Fucus; PAM fluorometry; Physical gradient; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROWN ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DESICCATION; EMERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVAPORATION; FLUOROMETRY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALGAE; FUCALES; FUCUS; FUCUS DISTICHUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84862323256     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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