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A clonal legacy? Reproductive mode variation in hard- and soft-bottom Gracilaria vermiculophylla populations.
Journal of phycology - 1 Apr 2026
Oetterer Alexis P, Stoeckel Solenn, Ryan Will H, Krueger-Hadfield Stacy A
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The invasion of the red macroalga Gracilaria vermiculophylla provided an opportunity to investigate the influence of benthic habitats on the reproductive mode, population structure, and colonization dynamics in haploid-diploid life cycles. In hard-bottom habitats, we observed gametophytes and tetrasporophytes fixed by holdfasts to hard substrata, whereas in soft-bottom habitats, we observed free-living...
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