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- Title
Blades and papillae as likely dispersing propagules in Chilean populations of Mastocarpus sp. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales).
- Authors
Oróstica, Mauricio H.; Otaíza, Ricardo D.; Neill, Paula E.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the possibility that detachment of papillae and of blades carrying mature papillae can be an important alternative dispersal mechanism of the species. It also assesses the detachment characteristics of blades and papillae, occurrence of these structures drifting in the field and the possibility of spore release. Female blades were collected at Peninsula Hualpén in April and May 2007 to determine the distribution of papillae along the blades and blades with a complete apex were sorted according to the length of the longest axis into three size categories. It indicates that blades and papillae contain features that facilitate their breakage from the parental thallus as they grow and mature.
- Subjects
CARPUS (Animal anatomy); ANIMAL dispersal; ANIMAL species; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; FORELIMB
- Publication
Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografía (RBMO), 2012, Vol 47, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
0717-3326
- Publication type
Article