Ecophysiology and Taxonomy of Saccharina Latissima Forma Angustissima (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) From the Gulf of Maine, USA

• Other Authors: Augyte, Simona (Creator), Yarish, Charles (Major Advisor), Lewis, Louise (Associate Advisor), Lewis, Paul (Associate Advisor), Lin, Senjie (Associate Advisor), Neefus, Christopher (Associate Advisor), University of Connecticut (Degree grantor)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Connecticut 2017
• Subjects: Long Island; Long Island Sound; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860653143; https://digitalcollections.ctstatelibrary.org/islandora/object/20002%3A860653143/datastream/TN/view/Ecophysiology%20and%20Taxonomy%20of%20Saccharina%20Latissima%20Forma%20Angustissima%20%28Laminariales,%20Phaeophyceae%29%20From%20the%20Gulf%20of%20Maine,%20USA.jpg

The overarching theme of this doctoral dissertation was to resolve the taxonomic status of an endemic narrow-bladed kelp, Saccharina latissima forma angustissima (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae), which has a very restricted distribution of 8 nautical miles in the Gulf of Maine, USA. Since the kelp only...