Affinities of early cambrian acritarchs studied by using microscopy, fluorescence flow cytometry and biomarkers

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 37-53

  Talyzina, Nina M ^a   Moldowan, J Michael ^b   Johannisson, Anders ^c   Fago, Frederick J ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biomarkers; Cambrian; Dinoflagellates; Fluorescence; Green algae

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CAMBRIAN; TAXONOMY;

ESTONIA;

COMASPHAERIDIUM; GLOBOSPHAERIDIUM; LOPHOSPHAERIDIUM; SKIAGIA;

EID: 0034053035     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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