Diatoms on the carapace of common snapping turtles: Luticola spp. dominate despite spatial variation in assemblages.

Filamentous algae are often visible on the carapaces of freshwater turtles and these algae are dominated by a few species with varying geographic distributions. Compared to filamentous algae, little is known about the much more speciose microalgae on turtles. Our objectives were to compare the diato...

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Main Authors: Shelly C Wu, Elizabeth A Bergey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5305193?pdf=render