| TITLE |
d13C values of marine macroalgae from Taiwan |
| AUTHOR |
Wei-Lung Wang
Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 500, Taiwan
Hsueh-Wen Yeh
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan |
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| ABSTRACT |
The natural abundance of stable carbon isotope values (d13C) of organic matter of marine macroalgae collected from Taiwan and its offshore islands (Penghu Islands) were analyzed in this study. These values ranged from -10.5 to -29.5‰. The highest d13C value came from green algae (-10.5‰), Ulva pertusa while most algae exhibited values in the -14 to -19‰ range. On average, the d13C values of red algae (-17.7‰) are slightly more negative than those of green (-16.5‰) and brown (-13.6‰) algae. The carbon isotope record from organic matter of marine algae and its implications for marine algae physiology are also discussed. |
| KEYWORD |
Marine macroalgae; d13C; Taiwan; |
| ARTICLE INFO |
Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 44 Number 2 April 2003, page 107-112, 6 pages |
| PUBLISHER |
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
