Plankton diversity in the bay of fundy as measured by morphological and molecular methods

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  Savin, M C ^a,b   Martin, J L ^c   LeGresley, M ^c   Giewat, M ^b   Rooney Varga, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEASON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW BRUNSWICK; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 4444293563     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1033-8     Document Type: Article

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