Living in a coastal lagoon environment: Photosynthetic and biochemical mechanisms of key marine macroalgae

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-21

  García Sánchez, Marta ^a   Korbee, Nathalie ^b   Pérez Ruzafa, Isabel María ^c   Marcos, Concepción ^a   Figueroa, Félix L ^b   Pérez Ruzafa, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Coastal lagoon; Ecophysiology; Macroalgae; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REPAIR;

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COASTAL LAGOONS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MACRO-ALGAE;

LAKES;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROPHYLL; SEA WATER;

ACCLIMATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BROWN ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA; IN VIVO STUDY; LAGOON; MACROALGA; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PADINA PAVONICA; PALISADA TENERRIMA; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RED ALGA; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ACCLIMATIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWEED; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAR MENOR; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA; PADINA PAVONIA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SEAWEED;

EID: 84924732167     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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