Prevailing sea surface temperatures inhibit summer reproduction of the kelp Laminaria digitata at Helgoland (North Sea)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1061-1073

  Bartsch, Inka ^a   Vogt, Johanna ^a   Pehlke, Constanze ^a   Hanelt, Dieter ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geographical distribution; Germination; Kelp; Meiospores; North Sea; Reproduction; Sporogenesis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA;

EID: 84889672741     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12125     Document Type: Article

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