Seagrass Data 4: Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum in Tampa Bay, Florida

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Cho T.O., S. Fredericq & K. Yates. 2002. Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum in Tampa Bay, Florida. Abstract, Botany 2002 - Annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, August 4-7. (Dept. Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette LA 70504, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg FL 33701)

Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum in Tampa Bay, Florida

Plate 4

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Fig.	Scale	Legend
Ceramium gracillimum var. byssoideum
30.	100 µm	habit showing banded nodes and internodes
Ceramium sp.
31.	100 µm	branch with banded nodes and internodes, showing globular inclusions
32.	40 µm	part of banch showing nodes and internodes
Herposiphonia tenella
33.	100 µm	habit
34.	40 µm	cross section through main branch
Polysiphonia flaccidissima
35.	1 mm	habit
36.	100 µm	branch with trichoblast primoridia (arrows)
37.	40 µm	cross section through main branch: ax=axial cell; p=pericentral cell
38.	100 µm	female fruiting body = cystocarp
µm=micrometer, mm=millimeter