Are north atlantic alaria esculenta and a. grandifolia (alariaceae, phaeophyceae) conspecific?

• Published in: European Journal of Phycology
• Main Authors: KRAAN, STEFAN, RUENESS, JAN, GUIRY, MICHAEL D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Informa UK Limited 2001
• Subjects: alaria esculenta; alaria grandifolia; atlantic; crossing experiments; hybridization; relative growth rates; rgr; rubisco spacer; ribosomal-rna genes; temperature responses; morphological analysis; laminaria phaeophyta; nucleotide-sequences; rhodophyta; ectocarpales; Canada; Bory; Saint-Vincent; North Atlantic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/9411; https://doi.org/10.1017/s0967026201002967

Alaria (Alariaceae, Phaeophyceae) is a common genus of kelps in the northern hemisphere. Fourteen species are currently recognized, of which three, Alaria esculenta (L.) Greville, A. pylaii (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Greville and A. grandifolia J. Agardh, are reported for the cold-temperate North Atlan...