Evaluation of the 18S rRNA clone library approach to study the Diversity of the macroeukaryotic leaf-epiphytic community of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1963-1976

  Medina Pons, F J ^a   Terrados, J ^a   Lopez Lopez A ^a   Yarza, P ^a   Rossello Mora R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DIVERSITY INDEX; EPIPHYTE; EUKARYOTE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECONSTRUCTION; RNA; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRYOZOA; METAZOA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 70350666373     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1221-2     Document Type: Article

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