Auxospore formation by the silica-sinking, oceanic diatom Fragilariopsis kerguelensis (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1002-1006

  Assmy, Philipp ^a   Henjes, Joachim ^a   Smetacek, Victor ^a   Montresor, Marina ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auxospore; Diatoms; Fragilariopsis kerguelensis; Life history; Sexual reproduction; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; LIFE CYCLE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SILICA;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 33748930794     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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