Abundance of a novel dinoflagellate phylotype in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 233-242

  Gast, Rebecca J ^a   Moran, Dawn M ^a   Beaudoin, David J ^a   Blythe, Jonathan N ^a   Dennett, Mark R ^a   Caron, David A ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Molecular phylogeny; Novel dinoflagellate; Quantitative PCR; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DINOFLAGELLATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DINOPHYCEAE; KARENIA; KARLODINIUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 33645213058     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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