The evolution of silicification in diatoms: Inescapable sinking and sinking as escape?

New Phytologist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-61

  Raven, J A ^a   Waite, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Evolution; Parasites; Parasitoids; Resource limitation; Silicification; Sinking

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; EVOLUTION; SILICIFICATION;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; MYA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 1842433865     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01022.x     Document Type: Review

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