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Blade abandonment/proliferation: a novel mechanism for rapid epiphyte control in marine macrophytes
| Title: | Blade abandonment/proliferation: a novel mechanism for rapid epiphyte control in marine macrophytes. |
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| Name(s): |
Littler, Mark M., creator Littler, Diane S., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1999 | |
| Publisher: | The Ecological Society of America | |
| Extent: | 12 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3172820 (digitool), FADT3172820 (IID), fau:6680 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
The strategy of blade abandonment and simultaneous rapid proliferation (via protoplasmic translocation) is unique to siphonaceous macroalgae owing to their lack of restrictive crosswalls. Siphonalean green algae often dominate the standing stocks and productivity of Caribbean mangrove island environs and are also abundant in virtually all calm-water reef habitats. The experimental organism Avrainvillea longicaulis is particularly abundant in the study sites west of Carrie Bow Cay and Curlew Cay, Belize. The recycling of protoplasm out of older epiphytically impaired blades of A. longicaulis, and simultaneous formation of apical siphon extensions elsewhere, leads to rapid proliferation of new blades—hypothetically, at relatively low energy cost to the plant. This manuscript is available at http://www.esajournals.org/loi/ecol and may be cited as: Littler, M. M., & Littler, D. S. (1999). Blade abandonment/proliferation: a novel mechanism for rapid epiphyte control in marine macrophytes. Ecology, 80(5), 1736-1746. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1736:BAPANM]2.0.CO;2 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1238. |
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| Subject(s): |
Marine algae culture Plant-water relationships Plant ecology Coral reef ecology Seagrasses --Habitat |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172820 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1999 The Ecological Society of America | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
