Effect of light: Dark cycles and cell apical length on the sexual reproduction of the pennate diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries (Bacillariophyceae) in culture

Phycologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-66

  Hiltz, Margot ^a   Bates, Stephen S ^b   Kaczmarska, Irena ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; CELL CLONE; CELL FUSION; GAMETE; PHOTOACTIVATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ZYGOTE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA MULTISERIES; PSEUDONITZSCHIA;

EID: 0034008471     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-39-1-59.1     Document Type: Article

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