Diversity and community dynamics of protistan microplankton in Sagami Bay revealed by 18S rRNA gene clone analysis

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-86

  Kok, Sau Pin ^a   Kikuchi, Tomohiko ^b   Toda, Tatsuki ^a   Kurosawa, Norio ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; biodiversity; clone analysis; protistan microplankton; Sagami Bay

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010163205     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: 1882627x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.7.75     Document Type: Article

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