The Gonyaulax spinifera (Dinophyceae) "complex": Perpetuating the paradox?

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-60

  Rochon, André ^a   Lewis, Jane ^a   Ellegaard, Marianne ^a   Harding, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; cyst; cyst theca relationship; dinoflagellate; excystment; gene expression; Gonyaulax spinifera; motile; Nematosphaeropsis labyrinthus; Spiniferites ramosus

Indexed keywords

CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENCYSTMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY; PALYNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SALINITY;

DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULAX SPINIFERA; LINGULODINIUM POLYEDRUM; NEMATOSPHAEROPSIS LABYRINTHUS; SPINIFERITES RAMOSUS; TRABECULA;

EID: 64149087704     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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