Photosynthetic pigment and genetic differences between two southern ocean morphotypes of Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 615-626

  Cook, Suellen S ^a   Whittock, Lucy ^a   Wright, Simon W ^b   Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coccolith morphology; Emiliania huxleyi; Photosynthetic pigments; Physiology; Plastid gene (tufA); Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79958766290     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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