A Preliminary Study of NE Greenland Shallow Meltwater Ponds with Particular Emphasis on Loricate and Scale-covered Forms (Choanoflagellida, Chrysophyceae sensu lato, Synurophyceae, Heliozoea), Including the Descriptions of Epipyxis thamnoides sp. nov. and Pseudokephyrion poculiforme sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae)

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Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-42

  Kävalko, Johanna ^a   Thomsen, Helge Abildhauge ^a   Carstens, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epipyxis thamnoides sp. Nov; Flagellates; Greenland; Meltwater ponds; Pseudokephyrion poculiforme sp. Nov; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012447089     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9365(96)80006-6     Document Type: Article

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