Recognition of taxonomically significant clusters near the species level, using computationally intense methods, with examples from the Stephanodiscus niagarae complex (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1049-1054

  Julius, Matthew L ^a   Estabrook, George F ^a   Edlund, Mark B ^a   Stoermer, Eugene F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational biology; Diatom(s); Species recognition; Statistical significance; Stephanodiscus niagarae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE; TAXONOMY;

STEPHANODISCUS NIAGARAE; STEPHANODISCUS REIMESII; STEPHANODISCUS SUPERIORENSIS; STEPHANODISCUS YELLOWSTONENSIS;

EID: 0031422653     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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