Culture studies on the life history of Chordaria Linearis (Phaeophyceae) from Tierra del Fuego, South America

• Published in: Journal of Phycology
• Main Author: Peters, Akira F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Arctic; Hooker; Pedersen; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42213/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42213/1/J.%20Phycol.%2028,%20678-683%20%281992%29.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00678.x

Studies of laboratory cultures of Chordaria linearis (Hooker et Harvey) Cotton from southernmost South America revealed that this species has an obligate sexual life history in which a macroscopic sporophyte alternates with a monoecious microscopic gametophyte. Sexual reproduction is isogamous and u...