Protist distribution in the Western Fram Strait in summer 2010 based on 454-pyrosequencing of 18S rDNA

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 996-1010

  Kilias, Estelle ^a   Wolf, Christian ^a   Nöthig, Eva Maria ^a   Peeken, Ilka ^a,b   Metfies, Katja ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; ARISA; Biogeography; Genetic diversity; HPLC; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; FRAGILARIOPSIS; GYRODINIUM SP.; POROSIRA; PROTISTA; THALASSIOSIRA; WOLOSZYNSKIA;

EID: 84884974059     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12109     Document Type: Article

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