Seasonal abundance in Skagerrak-Kattegat coastal waters and host specificity of viruses infecting the marine photosynthetic flagellate Micromonas pusilla

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Sahlsten, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Kattegat; Microalga; Prasinophyceae; Skagerrak; Strain specificity; Virus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MICROMONAS PUSILLA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0000177398     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016103     Document Type: Article

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