Summary: 254
J. Phycol. 35, 254­269 (1999)
REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF FUCUS VESICULOSUS (PHAEOPHYCEAE) IN THE BALTIC SEA1
Ester A. Serra~o2
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, University of Maine, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, Maine 04469-5722
Susan H. Brawley
School of Marine Sciences and Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, University of Maine, 5722 Deering Hall,
Orono, Maine 04469-5722
Jenny Hedman
Department of Plant Physiology, Umea° University, S-90187 Umea°, Sweden
Lena Kautsky
Department of Botany, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
and
Go¨ran Samuelsson
Department of Plant Physiology, Umea° University, S-90187 Umea°, Sweden
Marine organisms colonizing brackish habitats
such as the Baltic Sea must cope with the negative
effects of low salinities on reproductive success be-
cause these may reduce gamete viability and/or in-
crease polyspermy. Reproductive characteristics of

Source: Alberto, Filipe - Centro de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade do Algarve

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