Ecological differentiation between sympatric pseudocryptic species in the estuarine benthic diatom navicula phyllepta (bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1278-1289

  Vanelslander, Bart ^a   Créach, Véronique ^b,d   Vanormelingen, Pieter ^a   Ernst, Anneliese ^b   Chepurnov, Victor A ^a,e   Sahan, Emel ^c   Muyzer, Gerard ^c   Stal, Lucas J ^b   Vyverman, Wim ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e SBAE Industries ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Diatom; Navicula phyllepta; Niche differentiation; Pseudocryptic diversity; Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer; RUBISCO large subunit (rbcL); Salinity; Valve morphology

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NAVICULA PHYLLEPTA;

EID: 73349120929     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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