Snow algae from northwest Svalbard: Their identification, distribution, pigment and nutrient content

Polar Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-32

  Muller T ^a   Bleiss W ^b   Martin, C D ^b   Rogaschewski, S ^b   Fuhr, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PIGMENT; SNOW;

SPIZBERGEN; SVALBARD;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROMONAS;

EID: 2642678440     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050272     Document Type: Article

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