Biodiversity among haptophyte algae

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-152

  Jordan, R W ^a   Chamberlain, A H L ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bloom products; distribution; evolution; haptophyte; morphology; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BLOOM; DISTRIBUTION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030621063     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018383817777     Document Type: Article

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