Green algae (Chlorophyta) of desert microbiotic crusts: Diversity of North American taxa

Taxon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 443-451

  Lewis, L A ^a   Flechtner, V R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Bayesian inference; Cryptobiotic crusts; Land plants; Terrestrial algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; VIRIDIPLANTAE; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036696240     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1554857     Document Type: Article

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