Phenology and phylogenetic positioning of the Hawaiian endemic freshwater alga, Batrachospermum spermatiophorum (Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales)

Phycological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-203

  Sherwood, Alison R ^a   Vis, Morgan L ^b   Sheath, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachospermum; Endemic; Hawaii; Phenology; Phylogeny; rbcL gene; Reproduction; Seasonality; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; TAXONOMY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BATRACHOSPERMALES; BATRACHOSPERMUM; BATRACHOSPERMUM SPERMATIOPHORUM; CHANTRANSIA; EUKARYOTA; HAWAIIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 6344241958     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2004.tb00329.x     Document Type: Article

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