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Sargassum muticum: a morphological description of European material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2009

Alan T. Critchley
Affiliation:
Portsmouth Polytechnic, The Marine Laboratory, Ferry Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 oDG andDelta Institute for Hydrobiological Research, Vierstraat 28, 4401 EA Yerseke, Zeeland, The Netherlands

Abstract

The shape of such morphological characters as leaves and air vesicles of the introduced brown alga Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt were found to vary seasonally. A range of observations is presented together with a general description of European material.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1983

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