TY - JOUR
AU - Ballesteros, E.
AB -  Botanica Marina Vol. 39, 1996, pp. 427-430 © 1996 by Walter dc Gruyter · Berlin · New York N. Sant»'*, O. Delgado11, C. Rodriguez-Prietob and E. Ballcsterosa 11 b Centre d'Estudis Avangats de Blanes (C.S.I.C.), Cami de Santa Barbara s/n, E-17300 Blanes, Girona, Spain Dcpartamcnt de Cicncics Ambientais, Facullat de Ciencies Experimentais i de la Salut, Universit t de Girona, Plaga Hospital, 6, E-17071 Girona, Spain * Corresponding author Several experiments with the green alga Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh were performed to test the hypothesis that boat transportation could explain its rapid and wide spreading along the Mediterranean coasts. In particular, studies were made of its desiccation resistance, drought tolerance, and survival capacity under simulated conditions prevailing in boat anchor lockers or in fishing net heaps. For comparative purposes, identical studies have been carried out with Caulerpa prolifera (Forsk l) Lamouroux. Dehydration rates were very similar for both species, with lost of 50% of their original relative water content in 1 h, at 23 °C temperature and 70-75% of relative air humidity, and complete desiccation in 5 h. Rehydralion of plants with different degrees of dehydration was also very rapid but not always complete; thalli of Caulerpa 
TI - The Spreading of the Introduced Seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh in the Mediterranean Sea: Testing the Boat Transportation Hypothesis
JF - Botanica Marina
DO - 10.1515/botm.1996.39.1-6.427
DA - 1996-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/the-spreading-of-the-introduced-seaweed-caulerpa-taxifolia-vahl-c-JIw5ZRTGW1
SP - 427
EP - 430
VL - 39
IS - 1-6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -