New records of microalgae from the New Zealand alpine zone, and their distribution and dispersal

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-366

  Novis, Philip M ^a   Beer, Thomas ^b   Vallance, Jennifer ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Botrydiopsis; Chlamydomonas; Chrysocapsa; Distribution; Endemism; Klebsormidium; Long distance dispersal; Microbes; Pseudococcomyxa; Stichococcus

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIATOM; DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; GREEN ALGA; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MICROALGA; MICROORGANISM; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED ALGA; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOTRYDIOPSIS; BOTRYDIOPSIS CONSTRICTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS PSEUDOGLOEOGAMA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOCAPSA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; KLEBSORMIDIUM; KLEBSORMIDIUM DISSECTUM; PSEUDOCOCCOMYXA; PSEUDOCOCCOMYXA SIMPLEX; STICHOCOCCUS; STICHOCOCCUS SP.; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 57349166584     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250809509773     Document Type: Article

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