The Roscoff Culture Collection (RCC): A collection dedicated to marine picoplankton

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-70

  Vaulot, Daniel ^a   Le Gall, Florence ^a   Marie, Dominique ^a   Guillou, Laure ^a,b   Partensky, Frédéric ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOLIDOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MAMIELLALES; OSTREOCOCCUS; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 11844269109     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2004/0079-0049     Document Type: Review

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