title: PRODUCTION OF MALE GAMETES AND AUXOSPORES IN THE CENTRIC DIATOMS CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA AND C. CRYPTICA(1) (2).
abstract: Vegetative cells of Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing form male gametes and anxospores following transfer from a synthetic freshwater medium to a modified artificial seawater. Both spermatogenesis and auxospore formation are correlated with an increase in the Na(+) concentration in the medium. Spermatogenesis can also be induced in C. cryptica Reimann, Lewin, and Guillard in artificial seawater with an adjusted sodium level.
authors.affiliation: Biological Sciences Group, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.affiliation: Biological Sciences Group, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Trainor