A year-round ecophysiological study of Himantothallus grandifolius (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyta) at Signy Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Phycologia
• Main Authors: Drew, E.A., Hastings, R.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Phycological Society 1992
• Subjects: Botany; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518441/; https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-31-3-4-262.1

Field studies carried out on the Antarctic brown macroalga Himantothallus grandifolius (A. Gepp et E.S. Gepp) A.D. Zinova (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyta) during two summers and an intervening winter season are described. Monitoring of plant growth by the punched-hole technique shows that elongation of...