Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) colonies: Hollow structures built with small amounts of polysaccharides

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-192

  Van Rijssel, Marion ^a   Hamm, Christian E ^b   Gieskes, Winfried W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carbohydrates; Carbon; Colony; Lectin; Phaeocystis; Sugar

Indexed keywords

PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 0031472597     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026297001108     Document Type: Article

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