Abstract

The ice nucleation temperatures of thallus fragments of different macroalgal species were investigated. The samples were collected from the littoral zone on a rocky shore in Trondheimsfjord, central Norway. Thallus fragments of species growing in the upper parts of the eulittoral zone had lower ice nucleation temperatures than those of species living in the lower eulittoral zone and in the upper sublittoral zone. Samples collected in the winter had lower nucleation temperatures than samples from the same species collected in the summer, which indicates that the seaweeds are removing or inactivating ice nucleators as a part of their cold hardiness strategy.

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