Re: Why algae attaches to plants

In article <1175647146.843660.202800@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
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> wrote:
>http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00196.x

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From the abstract:

"We hypothesize that the hydrophobic cuticle on actively growing Scirpus
culms retards the development of precursors for attachment by periphytic
algae. Upon senescence of the culm and loss of epidermal integrity,
colonization of culm surfaces by periphytic algae may occur in a manner
similar to that on artificial substrata."

I get the impression that algae grew bettter on the non-plant media than
on plants
unti the leaves got old but that the difference between old and new leaf
algae growth
was not well understood - just a hypothesis at this juncture.

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