Assessing and designating diatom taxa at or below the species level - A consideration of current status and some suggested guidelines for the future

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 13-26

  Cox, Eileen J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Infraspecific taxa; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030799754     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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