Environmental control of stalk length in the bloom-forming, freshwater benthic diatom didymosphenia geminata (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 981-989

  Kilroy, Cathy ^a   Bothwell, Max ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Didymosphenia geminata; EPS; FDC; Invasive species; Phosphorus; Stalked diatoms

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 80053562181     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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