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Nereocystis luetkeana ( Mertens ) Postels et Ruprecht
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x-section of sorus ( left ); whole plant ( right ) Illustrations: Sporophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 254, fig. 205 ( habit of sporophyte ); Cameron 1912, pl. XI ( photo: juvenile plant ), pl. XII, fig. 1 ( young plant ), pl. X, fig. 2 ( photo: holdfast ), pl. XII, fig. 2 ( photo: sporophylls ); Hartge 1928, pp. 231, 233, figs. 50 & ndash; 63 ( development from zygote ); Postels and Ruprecht 1840, pls. VIII, IX ( habit ); Scagel 1967, p. 141, fig. 56 ( juvenile and adult sporophyte ). Gametophytes: Hartge 1928, p. 224, figs. 1 & ndash; 30 ( development from zoospores ), p. 227, figs. 31 & ndash; 41 ( developing antheridial plants ), p. 229, figs. 42 & ndash; 49 ( developing female plants ) Pacific Coast Distribution: Umnak I ., Aleutian Is ., Alaska ( Miller and Estes 1989 ) to Monterey Peninsula, Calif. ( Smith 1944, p. 141 ); San Luis Obispo Co ., Calif. ( Piedras Blancas; Cambria; Diablo Cove: Sparling 1977, p. 38 ); San Diego Co ., Calif. ( La Jolla: Nichols in UC; Coronado: Bolch in UC; both in drift in 1908 ) Molecular Taxonomy: Saunders and Druehl 1993 b; Saunders and Druehl 1992 a Phylogeny: Draisma et al. 2001 Evolution: Coyer et al. 2001; Druehl and Saunders 1992; Saunders and Druehl 1992 b; Estes and Steinberg 1988 Life History: alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and dioecious microscopic gametophytes ( Druehl and Hsiao 1969, p. 47; Hartge 1928 ) Phenology: Maxell and Miller 1996; Rigg 1917 Chromosomes: Cole 1962, p. 314; Cole 1967 b, p. 523 Genetics: Lewis and Neushul 1996; Fain et al. 1988, p. 293 Biology/Ecology: Dean et al. 2000; Hurd and Stevens 1997; Antrim et al. 1995; Danner et al. 1995; Johnson and Koehl 1994; Shaffer and Parks 1994; Amsler and Neushul 1991; Foster et al. 1991, p. 249; Amsler and Neushul 1990 a; L & uuml; ning 1990; T. Wilson and Schlotterbeck 1989; Apt 1988 a; Apt 1988 c, p. 212; Foster and Schiel 1988; Harrold et al. 1988, p. 134; Herbert and Waaland 1988, p. 2; Kirst 1988; Koehl and Alberte 1988; Laur et al. 1988; L & uuml; ning and Freshwater 1988, p. 312; Kain 1987 c; Kain et al. 1987; Rosell and Srivastava 1987; Schiel and Foster 1986, p. 269; Breda and Foster 1985, p. 116; Dayton 1985, p. 220; Foster and Schiel 1985, p. 11; Smith et al. 1985; Steinberg 1985; Foreman 1984; Smith and Foreman 1984, p. 198; Wheeler et al. 1984; Duggins 1983, p. 1615; Levings et al. 1983, p. 1127; Popovic et al. 1983; Albright et al. 1982; Breen et al. 1982, p. 15; Foster 1982 b, p. 188; Duggins 1981; Pace 1981, p. 460; Albright et al. 1980; Duncan and Foreman 1980; Hodgson and Waaland 1980, p. 110; Oliveira et al. 1980; Walker 1980; Pearse and Hines 1979, p. 83; Turner 1979, p. 44; Willenbrink et al. 1979; Sanbonsuga and Neushul 1978, p. 92; Andrews 1977, p. 1021; Koehl and Wainwright 1977; Vadas 1977; Walker and Bisalputra 1977; Foreman 1977, p. 479; Foreman 1976; Hruby 1975, p. 883; Devinny and Kirkwood 1974, p. 102; Pearse and Lowry 1974, p. 2 ( as N. lutkiens ); Carefoot 1973, p. 229; Duncan 1973; Turner 1973, p. 195; Jamison 1972, p. 354; Vadas 1972, p. 196; Duncan 1971; Jolliffe and Tregunna 1970, p. 296; Druehl 1970, p. 241; Foreman 1970; Markham 1970; Nicholson 1970; Druehl 1969, p. 164; Paine and Vadas 1969 a, p. 714; Paine and Vadas 1969 b, p. 80; Neushul 1967, p. 85; Neushul 1965, p. 168; Widdowson 1965 b, p. 1428; Cole 1964, p. 1173; Scagel 1963, p. 48; Scagel 1961, p. 528; Stephenson and Stephenson 1961 a, p. 18; Stephenson and Stephenson 1961 b, p. 230; Outram 1957, p. 14; Rigg and Miller 1949; H. Andrews 1925; Rigg 1913 Epiphytes: Acrochaetium pacificum , Amplisiphonia pacifica , Antithamnion densum , Antithamnionella pacifica , Antithamnionella spirographidis , Compsonema fructuosum , Dictyota binghamiae , Ectocarpus commensalis , Hecatonema primarium , Hecatonema streblonematoides , Hincksia granulosa , Membranoptera dimorpha , Myrionema corunnae , Palmaria mollis , Porphyra gardneri , Porphyra nereocystis , Porphyra pulchra , Porphyra thuretii , Pterochondria woodii , Rhodymenia californica , Scagelia pylaisaei Ultrastructure: Henry and Cole 1982 b, p. 571; Henry and Cole 1982 a, p. 551; Oliveira et al. 1980; Schmitz and Srivastava 1976 Physiology: Hurd, Quick et al. 1994; Amsler 1988 a; Herbert and Waaland 1988, p. 2; Wheeler et al. 1984; K. Schmitz 1982, p. 171; Willenbrink 1982; Duncan and Foreman 1980; Willenbrink et al. 1979; Foreman 1976; Foreman 1970; Jolliffe and Tregunna 1970, p. 296; Cole 1964, p. 1173; Rigg and Swain 1941; Rigg and Henry 1935; Mor & aacute; vek 1932; Mor & aacute; vek 1929; Rigg 1925 Chemistry: Ragan and Glombitza 1986, p. 189; Rosell and Srivastava 1985; Rosell and Srivastava 1984 b; Rosell and Srivastava 1984 a; Whyte and Englar 1983, p. 163; Hoppe and Levring 1982, p. 18; Whyte et al. 1981; Whyte and Englar 1980 b; Whyte and Englar 1980 a; Englar et al. 1979; Sanders 1979, p. 97; Wort 1955 Economic Applications: Petrell and Alie 1996; Druehl 1988, p. 121; Roland 1985; Mumford 1980, p. 16; Rigg 1913

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BRITISH COLUMBIA						Pl													Abundant, on upper subtidal rocks to 10 & ndash; 25 feet, in fully sheltered to fully exposed habitats. Scagel 1957, p. 104. Scagel 1973, p. 134. Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 94.
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COLUMBIA RIVER						Pl													Abundant, off rocky points from slightly greater depth than Macrocystis; dwarf forms found in large tidepools. Doty 1947, p. 42. Sanborn and Doty 1947, p. 31. Markham and Celestino 1977, p. 259.
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CAPE ARAGO						Pl													Abundant, adult plants on upper subtidal rocks along rocky coastlines, young plants in intertidal. Dawson 1965 a, p. 18.
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CAPE MENDOCINO						Pl													Abundant, on subtidal rocks along rocky coastlines. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 26.
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POINT ARENA						Pl													Abundant, on subtidal rocks along rocky coastlines. Johansen 1966 a, p. 103. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 26.
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SAN FRANCISCO						Pl													Abundant, growing in extensive new beds annually on boulder tops 30 & ndash; 50 ft. in subtidal in Macrocystis beds; upper end of stipe growing to and floating on the surface. Smith 1944, p. 141. Devinny and Kirkwood 1974, p. 102.
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