THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNDARIA-PINNATIFIDA (PHAEOPHYCEAE, LAMINARIALES) ON THE COAST OF ST MALO (BRITTANY, FRANCE)

Authors
CASTRICFEY A GIRARD A LHARDYHALOS MT
Citation
A. Castricfey et al., THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNDARIA-PINNATIFIDA (PHAEOPHYCEAE, LAMINARIALES) ON THE COAST OF ST MALO (BRITTANY, FRANCE), Botanica marina, 36(4), 1993, pp. 351-358
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Botanica marina → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068055
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
351 - 358
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8055(1993)36:4<351:TDOU(L>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A subtidal population of the Japanese brown alga Undaria pinnatifida ( Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae), which has been cultured in the Rance estuary since 1983, has been recorded by diving surveys of the subtidal rocky benthos at St. Malo, Brittany. A description of the occurrence of this alga is given and the possible competition betw een Undaria pinnatifida and the opportunist alga Saccorhiza polyschide s (Light-foot) Batters on the north and south Brittany coasts is discu ssed.