Colony growth and evidence for colony multiplication in Phaeocystis pouchetii (Prymnesiophyceae) isolated from mesocosm blooms

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-501

  Whipple, Stuart J ^a,b   Patten, Bernard C ^b   Verity, Peter G ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COLONY;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 25844511191     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi026     Document Type: Article

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