Evolution of the diatoms: V. Morphological and cytological support for the major clades and a taxonomic revision

Phycologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-270

  Medlin, Linda K ^a   Kaczmarska, Irena ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; THALASSIOSIRALES;

EID: 2542421957     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-3-245.1     Document Type: Article

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