Seasonal variation in floating persistence of detached Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot thalli

Botanica Marina

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Graiff, Angelika ^a,b   Karsten, Ulf ^b   Meyer, Steffi ^a,c   Pfender, David ^a   Tala, Fadia ^a,d   Thiel, Martin ^a,e  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d CIDTA Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Algas   (Chile)

^e CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Durvillaea antarctica; floating persistence; rafting; temperature; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DISPERSAL; FLOATING BODY; KELP FOREST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SPECIMEN BANK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILE;

ALGAE; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; LAMINARIALES;

EID: 84876525103     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bot-2012-0193     Document Type: Article

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