Journal article
Overwintering strategies of bloom-forming Ulva species in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA
Botanica marina, v 57(4), pp 337-341
01 Aug 2014
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Abstract
Temperate coastal estuaries worldwide, such as Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, are influenced by seasonal macroalgal blooms (e.g.,
) during warm months, whereas bloom-forming macroalgae are rarely encountered during winter. We assessed the ability of distromatic
to overwinter through fragments, recruits, and/or microscopic propagules. We documented (a) small tissue fragments in sediment cores and the water column, (b) recruits and microscopic propagules on field-based settlement tiles, and (c) production of reproductive propagules, throughout the winter months. Laboratory culturing experiments indicated that both fragments and propagules are viable. Our data indicate that bloom-forming overwintering
simultaneously use multiple reproductive strategies.
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- Title
- Overwintering strategies of bloom-forming Ulva species in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA
- Creators
- Shelby Rinehart - University of Rhode IslandMichele Guidone - University of Rhode IslandAmanda Ziegler - University of Rhode IslandTanja Schollmeier - University of Rhode IslandCarol Thornber - University of Rhode Island
- Publication Details
- Botanica marina, v 57(4), pp 337-341
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000341358300010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84906959850
- Other Identifier
- 991021861905104721
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- Marine & Freshwater Biology
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