Unveiling distribution patterns of freshwater phytoplankton by a next generation sequencing based approach.

The recognition and discrimination of phytoplankton species is one of the foundations of freshwater biodiversity research and environmental monitoring. This step is frequently a bottleneck in the analytical chain from sampling to data analysis and subsequent environmental status evaluation. Here we...

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Main Authors: Alexander Eiler, Stina Drakare, Stefan Bertilsson, Jakob Pernthaler, Sari Peura, Carina Rofner, Karel Simek, Yang Yang, Petr Znachor, Eva S Lindström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3551911?pdf=render