Microfissurata gen. Nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom genus from dystrophic and intermittently wet terrestrial habitats

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 732-741

  Cantonati, Marco ^a   Van De Vijver, Bart ^b   Lange Bertalot, Horst ^c,d  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine circumboreal distribution; Desiccation; Diatoms; Dystrophic lakes; Epiphyton; Intermittently wet terrestrial habitats; Microfissurata; Microfissurata australis; Microfissurata paludosa; Mires; pH; Pool springs; Seepages; Temperate sub Antarctica

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EPIPHYTON;

EID: 66149144727     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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