A combined reflection confocal laser scanning, electron and fluorescence microscopy analysis of the eyespot in zoospores of Vischeria spp. (Eustigmatales, Eustigmatophyceae)

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-307

  Santos, L M A ^a   Melkonian, M ^b   Kreimer, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0000083022     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-4-299.1     Document Type: Article

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