Two snow species of the quadriflagellate green alga Chlainomonas (Chlorophyta, Volvocales): Ultrastructure and phylogenetic position within the chloromonas clade

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1001-1012

  Novis, Philip M ^a   Hoham, Ronald W ^b   Beer, Thomas ^c   Dawson, Murray ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blooms; Chlainomonas; Cytokinesis; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Snow algae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAINOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLOROMONAS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 48749132128     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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