Resistance of filamentous chlorophycean, ulvophycean, and xanthophycean algae to acetolysis: Testing Proterozoic and Paleozoic microfossil attributions

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 947-957

  Graham, Linda E ^a   Cook, Martha E ^b   Wilcox, Lee W ^a   Graham, James ^a   Taylor, Wilson ^c   Wellman, Charles H ^d   Lewis, Louise ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetolysis; Filamentous algae; Paleozoic microfossils; Proterozoic microfossils

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CELLULOSE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDROLYSIS; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRESERVATION; PROTEROZOIC; PROTIST; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; EMBRYOPHYTA; OEDOGONIUM; PROTISTA; STIGEOCLONIUM; STRAMENOPILES; STREPTOPHYTA; ULVOPHYCEAE; VAUCHERIA; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84879176937     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670591     Document Type: Article

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