Environmental barcoding reveals massive dinoflagellate diversity in marine environments
Stern, R.F.; Horák, A.; Andrew, R.L.; Coffroth, M.A.; Andersen, R.A.; Küpper, F.C.; Jameson, I.; Hoppenrath, M.; Véron, B.; Kasai, F.; Brand, J.; James, E.R.; Keeling, P.J. (2010). Environmental barcoding reveals massive dinoflagellate diversity in marine environments. PLoS One 5(11): e13991. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013991
In: PLoS One. Public Library of Science: San Francisco. ISSN 1932-6203; e-ISSN 1932-6203, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Stern, R.F.
- Horák, A.
- Andrew, R.L.
- Coffroth, M.A.
- Andersen, R.A.
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- Küpper, F.C.
- Jameson, I.
- Hoppenrath, M.
- Véron, B.
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- Kasai, F.
- Brand, J.
- James, E.R.
- Keeling, P.J.
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| Abstract |
Dinoflagellates are an ecologically important group of protists with important functions as primary producers, coral symbionts and in toxic red tides. Although widely studied, the natural diversity of dinoflagellates is not well known. DNA barcoding has been utilized successfully for many protist groups. We used this approach to systematically sample known “species”, as a reference to measure the natural diversity in three marine environments. |
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