Algal Taxonomy: A Road to Nowhere?

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-225

  De Clerck, Olivier ^a   Guiry, Michael D ^b   Leliaert, Frederik ^a   Samyn, Yves ^c   Verbruggen, Heroen ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; AlgaeBase; Barcoding; Dark species; DNA taxonomy; Species discovery; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84875963505     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12020     Document Type: Review

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