A massive and simultaneous sex event of two Pseudo-nitzschia species

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 248-255

  Sarno, Diana ^a   Zingone, Adriana ^a   Montresor, Marina ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Gulf of Naples; Life cycle; Mediterranean Sea; Pseudo nitzschia; Pseudo nitzschia cf. calliantha; Pseudo nitzschia cf. delicatissima; Sexual reproduction; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA CF. DELICATISSIMA; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

SURFACE WATERS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIATOM; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA CALLIANTHA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA DELICATISSIMA;

EID: 77249170202     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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