A new species of Chroomonas (Cryptophyceae) living inside the submarine ikaite columns in the Ikkafjord, Southwest Greenland, with remarks on its ultrastructure and ecology

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-758

  Kristiansen, Jørgen ^a   Kristiansen, Aase ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHROOMONAS; CHROOMONAS IKAITENSIS; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LIGULA;

EID: 0033490404     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb00684.x     Document Type: Article

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