Microalgal assemblages in a poikilohaline pond

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-309

  Wang, Shuyi ^a   Lambert, William ^a   Giang, Sophia ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^a   Palenik, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA libraries; Algal biofuels; Chaetoceros; Picochlorum; Picocystis; Poikilohaline pond

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; PICOCHLORUM; PICOCYSTIS;

EID: 84897439609     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12158     Document Type: Article

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