Swarm-like migratory behaviour in the laboratory of a pennate diatom isolated from North Sea sediments

Diatom Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 95-100

  Witkowski, Andrzej ^a   Brehm, Ulrike ^b   Palińska, Katarzyna A ^b   Rhiel, Erhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Migratory behaviour. North sea sediment; Navicula

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DIATOM; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SWARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NAVICULA;

EID: 84863442534     PISSN: 0269249X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2012.690204     Document Type: Article

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