Two new species of Gomphonema (Bacillariophyceae)
from Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/
Balasubramanian Karthick 1*,   Rachna Nautiya1,2,   J. Patrick Kociolek3 ,   V. Ramachandra4

1Biodiversity and Paleobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India
2 Zoology Department, Government Post Graduate College, Dakpathar Vikasnagar, Dehradun 248125, Uttarakhand, India

3Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,University of Colorado , Boulder 80309,
CO, USA
4Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
Citation: Balasubramanian Karthick, Rachna Nautiyal, J. Patrick Kociolek, T.V. Ramachandra. Two new species of Gomphonema (Bacillariophyceae) from Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India,Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft 144, p. 165–174 Article Stuttgart, July 2015.

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T.V Ramachandra,
Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science,
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