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A unique free-living geniculate coralline algal bed formation
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Eastern Pacific
In the Eastern Pacific (EP) the only region where rhodolith beds have been well studied in terms of taxonomy, ecology, distribution and conservation status is the Gulf of California. Outside this region the kn...
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Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs
The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high temperatures during El Niño, and low temperatures during La Ni...
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Natural History of Rhodolith/Maërl Beds: Their Role in Near-Shore Biodiversity and Management
Rhodolith/maërl beds are living and dead aggregations of free-living non-geniculate coralline algae that cover extensive benthic areas in recent oceans and are common in fossil deposits. They are slow growing ...
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Effects of the Arid Environment on the Reproductive Phenology of three Mangrove Tree Species in the Southern Baja California Peninsula, México
The flower and hypocotyl development of three mangrove tree species of the southern Baja California Peninsula were analyzed comparing four microtopographic flooding conditions and in relation to five environme...
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Forest Structure and Species Composition of Mangroves in the Eastern Baja California Peninsula: The Role of Microtopography
Mangroves grow at the interface between land and sea in tropical and subtropical latitudes. This study investigated microtopographical conditions and differences in soil properties, mangrove forest structure a...
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Zostera marina meadows from the Gulf of California: conservation status
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) population estimates show a decreasing trend worldwide in the second half of the twentieth century. Mexico lacks long-term time series to determine trends for major eelgrass populations ...
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Ecological Niche
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Food Chain
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Sandflat
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Growth and reproductive responses of the conchocelis phase of Pyropia hollenbergii (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) to light and temperature
Effects of light and temperature on conchocelis growth of Pyropia hollenbergii were evaluated with the hypothesis that conchocelis phase is most adapted to environmental extremes as compared to the gametophyte ph...
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Rhodolith beds in the South-East Pacific
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Endemic Pyropia species (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the Gulf of California, Mexico
The evaluation of geographic distribution of Pyropia along the Gulf of California, Mexico, was realized using molecular data from two loci, the plastid rbcL gene and the partial 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), in conju...
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Taxonomy and distribution of selected species of the agarophyte genus Gelidium (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta)
Although the diverse uses of Gelidium as food and in the production of agar and paper pulp have increased research interest in this genus, the taxonomy and biogeography of several species of Gelidium remain large...
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Photosynthetic and respiratory responses of Gracilaria parvispora from the southeastern Gulf of California
Photosynthetic and respiratory responses (P–E curves) of Gracilaria parvispora from the southeast Gulf of California were studied at four temperatures (20, 25, 30, 35 °C) and salinity (25, 30, 35, 40 psu) combina...
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Sponge–rhodolith interactions in a subtropical estuarine system
The interactions between sponges and red macroalgae have been widely documented in tropical and subtropical environments worldwide, and many of them have been documented as mutualistic associations. Sponges, h...