Physodes have been recognized in meristodermic and promeristematic cells by correlated light- and electron-microscope investigations using different fixation procedures. They are vesicles which contain an osmiophilic material of phenolic nature. Their content changes in appearence according to the fixative used. Osmiophilic deposits are often associated with coiled and disturbed lamellar format...

Aquatic ecosystems and algae, which are the primary producers living in these areas, subject of many studies due to their importance. Macroalgae indicator organisms terms showing elemental composition region they live in. In this study, analyzes macroalgae belonging Cystoseira foeniculacea Gongolaria montagnei were carried out, that species collected from coastal Antalya Province Serik District...

a Laboratory of Coastal Biodiversity, CIIMAR— Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas, no 289, Universidade do Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal b Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain c Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 V...

Brown algae of the genus Cystoseira s. l. are key species in Mediterranean basin, including Black Sea and Azov. In addition to typical attached forms sensu lato (Ericaria crinita f. bosphorica (Sauvageau) S.S.Sadogurska, J.Neiva et A.Israel, Gongolaria barbata (Stackhouse) Kuntze), an unattached form was previously described for Sea. The taxonomic status this taxon remained uncertain. According...