Physiological response and photoacclimation capacity of Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V. Lamouroux and Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson meadows in the Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-47

  García Sánchez, Marta ^a   Korbee, Nathalie ^b   Pérez Ruzafa, Isabel Ma ^c   Marcos, Concepción ^a   Domínguez, Belén ^b   Figueroa, Félix L ^b   Pérez Ruzafa, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caulerpa prolifera; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Coastal lagoon; Cymodocea nodosa; Oxidative stress; Photoprotection mechanism

Indexed keywords

CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COASTAL LAGOONS; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; PHOTOPROTECTION MECHANISMS;

ALGAE; LAKES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

XANTHOPHYLL;

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL LAGOON; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN ALGA; MACROALGA; MEADOW; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEAGRASS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYMODOCEA NODOSA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PHOTOINHIBITION; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STRESS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; BAYS; CARBON; CAULERPA; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; LIGHT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPAIN;

MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 84863864357     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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