Scale–bearing Chrysophyceae (Mallomonadaceae) from Central and Northern Canada

In this study, scale–bearing Chrysophyceae (Mallomonadaceae) have been examined by means of transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Lakes in four areas in central and northern Canada, viz. Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), in northwestern Ontario, Whiteshell Provincial Park and Southern Indian L...

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Published in:Nordic Journal of Botany
Main Authors: Kling, H. J., Kristiansen, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1983
Subjects:
Northwest Territories
Hudson Bay
Canada
Indian
Hudson
Ela
Southern Indian Lake
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01078.x
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Summary:In this study, scale–bearing Chrysophyceae (Mallomonadaceae) have been examined by means of transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Lakes in four areas in central and northern Canada, viz. Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), in northwestern Ontario, Whiteshell Provincial Park and Southern Indian Lake in eastern and northern Manitoba, respectively, and Saqvaqjuac on the west coast of Hudson Bay in the Northwest Territories have been investigated. Forty–three species of the genera Mallomonas, Paraphysomonas, Spiniferomonas and Synura have been identified in addition to three species of the genus Chrysochromulina (Prymnesiophyceae). Ten species are new to Canada; five of these have not previously been recorded from North America. Paraphysomonas elegantissima sp. nov. is described. The composition of the Canadian chrysophycean flora is compared with the chrysophycean flora of North America as a whole.

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