A survey of cryptomonad diversity and seasonality at a coastal Mediterranean site

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-378

  Cerino, Federica ^a   Zingone, Adriana ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptomonads; Cryptophyceae; Ecology; Mediterranean Sea; Morphology; Seasonality; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

GULF OF NAPLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

CRYPTOPHYTA; HEMISELMIS; PLAGIOSELMIS PROLONGA; PROTEOMONAS SULCATA; RHINOMONAS PAUCA; RHODOMONAS (CRYPTOPHYTA); RHODOMONAS RETICULATA; RHODOMONAS SALINA; STOREATULA; STOREATULA MAJOR; TELEAULAX ACUTA;

EID: 33845480584     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260600839450     Document Type: Article

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