Re-occurrence of the tropical green macroalga, Penicillus capitatus (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales), in the Lower Laguna Madre of south Texas.(GENERAL NOTES)(Report)

From: The Texas Journal of Science | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Boza, Gilbert H., Jr.; DeYoe, Hudson R.; Hockaday, Donald L.; Kowalski, Joseph L. | Copyright information

The siphonaceous green alga Penicillus capitatus Lamarck is a common macroalga of the Carribean and Gulf of Mexico (Littler & Littler 2000). This shaving brush-shaped macroalga was a common inhabitant of the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas (LLM) until about 40 years ago when the population was decimated following a salinity decline in the fall of 1959, another salinity reduction due to Hurricane Carla in 1961, and finally a severe freeze in 1962 (Sorensen 1963). Since that time, there ha...

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