Relationships between growth rate, cell size, and induction of spermatogenesis in the centric diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 887-899

  Von Dassow, Peter ^a   Chepurnov, Victor A ^b   Armbrust, E Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cell size; Diatom; Growth; Life cycle; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; MATURATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; JAKARTA; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 33746455638     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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