Trichomycetes in aquatic insects from Prince Edward Island, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 949-963

  Strongman, D B ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Endobionts; Harpellales; Maritimes

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNGI; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

CHIRONOMIDS; ENDOBIONTS; TRICHOMYCETES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISPERSAL; FUNGUS; INSECT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NEW RECORD; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PROTIST; SEAWATER; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMOEBIDIACEAE; ANTOCHA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHOANOZOA; EPHEMEROPTERA; FUNGI; HARPELLALES; HEXAPODA; LEGERIOMYCES; PROTISTA; SMITTIUM; SMITTIUM BREVISPORUM; SMITTIUM GRACILIS; STACHYLINA PEDIFER; TIPULIDAE; TRICHOMYCETES;

EID: 39649089600     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-095     Document Type: Article

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