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An Experimental Assessment of Some of the Characters Used for Specific Delimitation in the Genus Laminaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Elsie M. Burrows
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Liverpool

Extract

The growth in culture of Laminaria saccharina (L.) Lamour. and a species from Nova Scotia, tentatively identified as L. agardhii Kjellm., has been compared. Several characters, normally used for specific distinction within the genus Laminaria, have been shown to be modified by environmental conditions. These all concern the lamina and include the following: general morphology and texture, the shape of the base, the anatomical construction and the presence or absence of mucilage canals.

The question of the identity of L. agardhii from eastern and western Atlantic coasts is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1964

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