Studies of the green alga Percursaria dawsonii (=Blidingia dawsonii comb. nov., Kornmanniaceae, Ulvales) in British Columbia

Phycological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-56

  Lindstrom, Sandra C ^a   Hanic, Louis A ^a   Golden, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Triple Island Lighthouse ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Blidingia; Empty spore germination; Percursaria; Ulvales

Indexed keywords

EPIBIONT; GAMETOPHYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; GREEN ALGA; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

BLIDINGIA; CHLOROPHYTA; INSECTA; KORNMANNIACEAE; PATELLIDAE; PERCURSARIA; PTERYGOTA (WINGED INSECTS); ULVALES;

EID: 33746881088     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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