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The Effect of Light on the Growth of Sporelings of the Intertidal Red Alga Plumaria Elegans (Bonnem.) Schm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. D. Boney  and
E. D. S. Corner
A. D. Boney
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Plymouth Technical College
E. D. S. Corner
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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Sporelings of the marine red alga Plumaria elegans, grown under continuous illumination from a fluorescent tube, show a maximum rate of cell production at a light energy flux of 10 ergs/sec/mm2 in the range 380—720 mμ. This amount of light energy is low, but compares closely with that illuminating Plumaria in its natural habitat at Wembury during the period of the year when the plant is producing spores.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , February 1962 , pp. 65 - 92
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1962

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