Marine benthic algal flora of Ascension Island, South Atlantic

Autor: Aldo O. Asensi, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Frithjof C. Küpper, Dawn M. Shewring, Pieter van West, Akira F. Peters
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 97:681-688
ISSN: 1469-7769
0025-3154
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315414000952
Popis: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to Nick John, Jimmy Young and Caroline Yon (all in Ascension Island) for sampling assistance. We would also like to thank Konstantinos Kondylis for help with the DNA amplification of macroalgal isolates. We are grateful to the Shallow Marine Surveys Group and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute for organizing the expedition. We are also very grateful to the Ascension Island Government, the members of staff at the Conservation Centre and Ascension Island Dive Club for their cooperation, accommodation and hospitality. Finally we are grateful to British Forces South Atlantic Islands for their logistic support. FINANCIAL SUPPORT The MASTS pooling initiative (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and contributing institutions; grant reference HR09011) is gratefully acknowledged for supporting F.C.K. The funding for this work came from a grant to the Shallow Marine Surveys Group from the Darwin Initiative (EIDCF012).
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