Protist taxonomy: an ecological perspective.
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Bland J. Finlay, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences


This is a review article on methods, concepts, and challenges in the field of protist taxonomy. Topics covered include an introduction to protist diversity and classification; the link between ultrastructure, morphology, and ecology; problems with the 'morphospecies' concept for protists; 'biological' or 'cohesion' species concepts; ecotypes as an alternative classification scheme; and two case studies exemplifying the author's theses. There is an extensive bibliography. This is a good resource for teachers and advanced students.


Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Microscopy, Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Evolution, Ecology, Diversity, Biology, Ecology:Principles, Food Webs, Food Webs:Microbial Food Webs
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/ProfessionalKeywords: protist, microbial eukaryote, morphospecies, ecotype, genetic and phenotypic divergence, holistic taxonomy