Morphological, physiological and reproductive conditions of rafting bull kelp (Durvillaea antarctica) in northern-central Chile (30°S)

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1339-1351

  Tala, F ^a,b   Gomez I ^c   Luna Jorquera, G ^a,d   Thiel, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIBIONT; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEA SURFACE; SEASONALITY;

CHILE; COQUIMBO;

ALGAE; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; LAMINARIALES; LEPAS;

EID: 84878181280     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2186-8     Document Type: Article

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