Picoplanktonic Choricystis species (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta) and problems surrounding the morphologically similar 'Nannochloris-like algae'

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 332-341

  Krienitz, L ^a   Huss, V A R ^b   Hummer, C ^b  

^a Inst Gewasserokologie B   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001045397     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-4-332.1     Document Type: Article

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