Protists in Arctic Drift and Land-Fast Sea Ice

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-240

  Comeau, André M ^a   Philippe, Benoît ^b   Thaler, Mary ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^b   Poulin, Michel ^c   Lovejoy, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Drift ice; Eukaryotes; Land fast ice; Pyrosequencing; Sea ice; Sympagic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERCOZOA; CRYOTHECOMONAS; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; POLARELLA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84875950699     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12026     Document Type: Review

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