Nodularia (Cyanobacteria, Nostocaceae): A phylogenetically uniform genus with variable phenotypes

Phytotaxa

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-246

  Řeháková, Klára ^a,b   Mareš, Jan ^a,b,c   Lukešová, Alena ^d   Zapomělová, Eliška ^a   Bernardová, Kateřina ^a   Hrouzek, Pavel ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Benthos; Cyanobacteria; Nodularia; Nodularin; Plankton; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903143889     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.3.4     Document Type: Article

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