Small diatoms (Bacillariophyta) in cultures from the Styx River, New Zealand, including descriptions of three new species

Phytotaxa

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-45

  Novis, Phil M ^a   Braidwood, Jasmine ^a   Kilroy, Cathy ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

18S; Biogeography; Diatoms; Freshwater; New Zealand; Phylogeny; RbcL

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRATICULA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; EOLIMNA; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA; NITZSCHIA PALEA; PALEA; PLANOTHIDIUM; SELLAPHORA; STYX;

EID: 84865680212     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.64.1.3     Document Type: Article

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