Phenology of an agarophyte Gracilaria birdiae Plastino and E.C. Oliveira (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in Northeastern Brazil

Autor: Estela Maria Plastino, Marcella Araújo do Amaral Carneiro, Eliane Marinho-Soriano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 317-322, Published: 22 APR 2011
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 317-322 (2011)
Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia v.21 n.2 2011
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia (SBFgnosia)
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Popis: The reproductive phenology and thallus length of Gracilaria birdiae were studied over a period of 12 months in a natural bed in Northeastern Brazil. Fertile specimens of G. birdiae were observed during the entire study period. Tetrasporophytes were the most common with an annual mean of 80.1±5.6%, followed by cystocarpic plants (9.3±3.4%), male gametophytes (8.3±3.6%) and infertile plants (2.2±3.4%). Only male gametophytes and infertile plants showed a variation in occurrence frequency during the year (p
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