Coccolith function and morphogenesis: Insights from appendage-bearing coccolithophores of the family syracosphaeraceae (haptophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-226

  Young, Jeremy R ^a   Andruleit, Harald ^b   Probert, Ian ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Coccolithophore; Cytoskeleton; Functional morphology; Haptophyte

Indexed keywords

CALCIOPAPPUS; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MICHAELSARSIA; OPHIASTER; SYRACOSPHAERACEAE;

EID: 60449119110     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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