Diversity of the cyanobacterial microflora of the northern part of James Ross Island, NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 853-865

  Komárek, Jiří ^a   Elster, Josef ^a   Komárek, Ondřej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cyanobacteria; Diversity; Ecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISLAND; MORPHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 44149127203     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0424-1     Document Type: Article

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