Physiological response of fucoid algae to environmental stress: Comparing range centre and southern populations

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1157-1172

  Ferreira, João G ^a   Arenas, Francisco ^b   Martínez, Brezo ^c   Hawkins, Stephen J ^a,d   Jenkins, Stuart R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic; Air temperature; Fucus spiralis; Fucus vesiculosus; Photosynthesis; Physiological limit; Range edge; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS SPIRALIS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FUCUS; GEOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FUCUS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899938584     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12749     Document Type: Article

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