Ecophysiological plasticity of annual populations of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in a seasonally variable coastal environment in the Northern Patagonian Inner Seas of Southern Chile

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 837-847

  Buschmann, Alejandro H ^a   Pereda, Sandra V ^a   Varela, Daniel A ^a   Rodríguez Maulén, Juan ^a   López, Alejandra ^a   González Carvajal, Luis ^a   Schilling, Marcela ^b   Henríquez Tejo, Eduardo A ^a   Hernández González, María C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Annual populations; Chlorophyll; Ecophysiology; Giant kelp; Growth; Macrocystis; Nitrate reductase; Phaeophyta; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84911461656     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0070-z     Document Type: Article

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