Physiology, ultrastructure and habitat of the ice alga Mesotaenium berggrenii (Zygnemaphyceae, Chlorophyta) from glaciers in the European Alps

Phycologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-312

  Remias, Daniel ^a   Holzinger, Andreas ^a   Lutz, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryoconite; Cryoseston; Psychrophilic; Saccoderm desmids; Snow algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DESMIDIALES; MESOTAENIUM BERGGRENII;

EID: 67651099233     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/08-13.1     Document Type: Article

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