Light and electron microscope observations of Algirosphaera robusta (Prymnesiophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-332

  Probert, Ian ^a,b   Fresnel, Jacqueline ^b   Billard, Chantal ^b   Geisen, Markus ^c   Young, Jeremy R ^d  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

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

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Coccolithophore; Haptophyta; Prymnesiophyceae; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGIROSPHAERA ROBUSTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA; SYRACOSPHAERACEAE;

EID: 33947702145     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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