Ultrastructure and function of stalks of the diatom Didymosphenia geminata

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 695, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Aboal, Marina ^a   Marco, Sergio ^a   Chaves, Elena ^a   Mulero, Iván ^a   García Ayala, Alfonsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Didymosphenia geminata; Ecology; Monitoring; Phosphomonoesterase activity; Stalks; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; HERBIVORY; HYDROBIOLOGY; MONITORING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE (INORGANIC); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 84865411230     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1193-y     Document Type: Article

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