Bibliographic Detail
Scagel, R.F. & Stein, J.R., 1991
Reference:
Scagel, R.F. & Stein, J.R. (1991). Marine nannoplankton from a British Columbia Fjord. Canadian Journal of Botany 39: 1205-1213.
Abstract:
The qualitative aspects of the nannoplankton in Indian Arm, British Columbia, have been heretofore unknown, although the relative quantitative significance of this difficult group of unicellular organisms is apparent from recent primary production studies using the carbon-14 method. This qualitative study of samples collected in the spring of 1960 in Indian Arm has added a number of new records of distribution for the area (Chromulina sp., Ochromonas ?vallesiaca Chodat, Chrysochromulina sp., Thallasomonas exurgens Butcher); and has led to the discovery of several new species and genera (Chrysamoeba nana sp. nov., Microsportella gen. nov. fiordensis sp. nov., Xanthomonas gen. nov. thalassoides sp. nov., Pseudomicrosportella gen. nov. ornata sp. nov., and Anisomonas astigmatica sp. nov.). The study is being continued to determine qualitatively the seasonal and three-dimensional distribution of these and other nannoplankton in the fjord in relation to the physicalchemical aspects of the environment.
