Gyrosigma orbitum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from a salt marsh in the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada

Botanica Marina

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-68

  Thaler, Mary ^a,b   Kaczmarska, Irena ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Benthic community; Gyrosigma; Salt marsh; Tube dwelling diatoms

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIATOM; MORPHOLOGY; SALTMARSH; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; PECKS COVE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIPLONEIS SMITHII; GYROSIGMA; GYROSIGMA LIMOSUM; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA LIGOWSKII; NITZSCHIA SIGMA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA PATENS; SURIRELLA;

EID: 59649098077     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.028     Document Type: Article

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