Ascophyllum (Phaeophyceae) and its symbionts. IX. A novel symbiosis between Halocladius variabilis (Chironomidae, Insecta) and Elachista fucicola (Elachistaceae, Phaeophyceae) from marine rocky shores of Nova Scotia

Symbiosis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Garbary, D J ^a   Jamieson, M M ^a   Fraser, S J ^a   Ferguson, C A ^a   Cranston, P S ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum; Diatoms; Elachista; Halocladius; Marine insects; Rocky intertidal zone

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; ROCKY SHORE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHORDARIALES; DIPTERA; ELACHISTA; ELACHISTA FUCICOLA; ELACHISTACEAE; FUCACEAE; FUCALES; HALOCLADIUS; HALOCLADIUS VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33244460032     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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