Can the diversity of Singapore Marine Planktonic Eukaryotes be uncovered using culture methods?

• Main Author: Chua, Rae
• Other Authors: Adriana Lopes dos Santos
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microbial ecology; Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microorganisms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141999
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Phytoplankton have key ecological significance and are suited to be bioindicators. There is a need to improve conventional morphology-based biomonitoring approaches and evaluate metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool. This study aims to understand the culturable diversity of phytoplankton from Singap...