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INTRASPECIFIC variation in marine algae in response to habitat conditions has been proposed1 and, in some cases2,3, demonstrated. During an investigation into the ship-fouling properties of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillw.) Lyngb. we have found evidence of differential response to dissolved copper which may be associated with the habitats from which the populations were taken.
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RUSSELL, G., MORRIS, O. Copper Tolerance in the Marine Fouling Alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Nature 228, 288–289 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228288a0
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