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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
     RESULTS     
     DISCUSSION     
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
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The diatom genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg in India: Checklist and description of three new species
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B. Karthick 1,    J.P. Kociolek 2*,    M.K. Mahesh 3    and    T. V. Ramachandra 1
1 Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India
2 Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
3 Department of Botany, Yuvaraja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysore - 570 005, India
*Corresponding author, email: patrick.kociolek@colorado.edu

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Citation: Karthick, B., J.P. Kociolek, M.K. Mahesh & T.V. Ramachandra (2011): The diatom genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg in India: Checklist and description of three new species. – Nova Hedwigia 93: 211–236.
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