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Spread of the introduced species Laurencia caduciramulosa (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) to the northwest Atlantic: A morphological and molecular analysis

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. colladol@fiu.edu, adura023@fiu.edu Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. colladol@fiu.edu & Author for corresponding. Ligia Collado-Vides email: colladol@fiu.edu
  • 2. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 277 - 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil. vcassano@usp.br, amandricamr@yahoo.com.br
  • 3. Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apdo. Postal 55-535, México D.F, 09340, México. jhoanadiazl@yahoo.com, asg@xanum.uam.mx
  • 4. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. colladol@fiu.edu, adura023@fiu.edu Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. colladol@fiu.edu
  • 5. Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ficologia, Instituto de Botânica, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687 - 04301-902 São Paulo, Brazil. mutue.fujii@ pq.cnpq.br

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Collado-Vides, Ligia, Cassano, Valéria, Díaz-Larrea, Jhoana, Duran, Alain, Medeiros, Amanda Da Silva, Sentíes, Abel, Fujii, Mutue Toyota (2014): Spread of the introduced species Laurencia caduciramulosa (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) to the northwest Atlantic: A morphological and molecular analysis. Phytotaxa 183 (2): 93-107, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.183.2.2

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