The extracellular calcification of zoospores of phacotus lenticularis (chlorophyta, chlamydomonadales)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-21

  Hepperle, Dominik ^a,b   Krienitz, Lothar ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Zellenlehre Im Neuenheimer Feld 230   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; Chlorophyceae; Flat embedding; Mineralization; Phacotus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PHACOTUS LENTICULARIS;

EID: 0030055257     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670269600651141     Document Type: Article

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