Marine algae of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: species list and biogeographic comparisons (1). From: Pacific Science | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Kukea-Shultz, J. Kanekoa; Page, Kimberly N.; Peyton, Kimberly A.; Vroom, Peter S. | COPYRIGHT 2006 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract: French Frigate Shoals represents a relatively unpolluted tropical Pacific atoll system with algal assemblages minimally impacted by anthropogenic activities. This study qualitatively assessed algal assemblages at 57 sites, thereby increasing the number of algal species known from French Frigate Shoals by over 380% with 132 new records reported, four being species new to the Hawaiian Archipelago, Bryopsis indica, Gracilaria millardetii, Halimeda distorta, and an unidentifie...

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