Diatoms living inside the thallus of the green algal lichen Coenogonium linkii in neotropical lowland rain forests

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-73

  Lakatos, Michael ^a   Lange Bertalot, Horst ^b   Büdel, Burkhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Coenogonium; Commensalism; Lichen; Microhabitat; Mutualism; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; DIATOM; LICHEN; MUTUALISM; RAINFOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; FRENCH GUIANA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COENOGONIUM; COENOGONIUM LINKII; DIADESMIS; EUKARYOTA; EUNOTIA; FUNGI; HANTZSCHIA; LUTICOLA; MELOSIRA; NITZSCHIA; ORTHOSEIRA; PINNULARIA; STAURONEIS;

EID: 1342312025     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2004.02-205.x     Document Type: Article

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