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Chrysophycean stomatocysts associated with the carnivorous plants (genus Utricularia) from Jeleniak-Mikuliny Nature Reserve

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An account is given of chrysophycean stomatocysts and algae occurring together with the carnivorous plants known as bladderworts, Utricularia intermedia, U. minor and U. australis, in the peat bog of Jeleniak-Mikuliny Nature Reserve. Eleven chrysophycean stomatocyst morphotypes were found, all reported for the first time from this nature reserve. Among them, two are new records for Europe (stomatocysts 330 and 208) and another two are new for Poland (stomatocysts 112 and 387). Descriptions are provided together with SEM illustrations. General data about cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae occurring with these stomatocysts are enumerated.

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  1. Department of Phycology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Science, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512, Kraków, Poland

    Konrad Wołowski & Jolanta Piątek

  2. Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gronstajowa 9, PL-30-387, Kraków, Poland

    Bartosz J. Płachno

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Wołowski, K., Piątek, J. & Płachno, B.J. Chrysophycean stomatocysts associated with the carnivorous plants (genus Utricularia) from Jeleniak-Mikuliny Nature Reserve. Ocean and Hydro 42, 398–405 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0095-6

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