Description and characterization of the algal species Aureoumbra lagunensis gen. et sp. nov. and referral of Aureoumbra and Aureococcus to the Pelagophyceae

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1042-1048

  DeYoe, Hudson R ^a,f   Stockwell, Dean A ^a   Bidigare, Robert R ^b   Latasa, Mikel ^b   Johnson, Paul W ^c   Hargraves, Paul E ^d   Suttle, Curtis A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; 19' butanoyloxyfucoxanthin; Aureococcus anophagefferens; Basal bodies; East coast brown tide alga; Harmful algal blooms; Pelagomonas calceolata, Pelagophyceae, Aureoumbra lagunensis gen. et sp. nov., Texas brown tide alga

Indexed keywords

AUREOCOCCUS; AUREOUMBRA; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS;

EID: 0031425306     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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