Life cycle, size reduction patterns, and ultrastructure of the pennate planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 542-556

  Amato, Alberto ^a   Orsini, Luisa ^a,b   D'Alelio, Domenico ^a   Montresor, Marina ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Life cycle; Morphology; Pseudo nitzschia delicatissima; Sexual reproduction; Size reduction

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GULF OF NAPLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WORLD;

PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA DELICATISSIMA;

EID: 20644469674     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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