Chlorarachniophytes: Evolution and classification

Unravelling the Algae: The Past, Present, and Future of Algal Systematics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 171-182

  Ishida, Ken Ichiro ^a   Yabuki, Akinori ^a   Ota, Shuhei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85052451997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780849379901     Document Type: Chapter

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