Diversity and evolution of marine phytoplankton

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 332, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 159-170

  Simon, Nathalie ^a   Cras, Anne Lise ^a,b   Foulon, Elodie ^a   Lemée, Rodolphe ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Evolution; Haptophytes; Marine phytoplankton; Prasinophytes

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; MORPHOLOGY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 61849140108     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.09.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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