Physiological Responses of an Arctic Crustose Coralline Alga (Leptophytum foecundum) to Variations in Salinity

• Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science
• Main Authors: Muth, Arley F., Esbaugh, Andrew J., Dunton, Kenneth H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Stefansson; Stefansson Sound; Beaufort Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7466568/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01272

In the Beaufort Sea, Arctic crustose coralline algae (CCA) persist in an environment of high seasonal variability defined by naturally low pH ocean water and high magnitude freshwater pulses in the spring. The effects of salinity on the CCA Leptophytum foecundum were observed through a series of lab...