Where to find good, scientific research and opinions about Kingdom Protista and if it should be split....?

Question

I need to find a reliable, scientific source of information about this topic, or maybe two sources, one that is for leaving the Kingdom the way it is and one that is for splitting it....

Answer 1

The best way to do this is to go to University websites, and look under faculty until you find a taxonomy professor--then e-mail and just ask for their opinion. Just be polite and say you were interested in the opnion of a real authority in the field. I bet if you're polite they would be happy to write you a line or two inreply, or point you in the direction of where they go to discuss the current trends. Hope that helps.

Answer 2

You can do a search for some of the newer terms being proposed to redefine the kingdom.

Protista, or Protoctista, or 3 parts (Chromista & Protozoa & Archaezoa) or even into 5 parts (Archaezoa, Euglenozoa, Alveolata, Stramenopila, Rhodophyta)

Archaebacteria and eukaryotes grouped as neomura (new walls) or given separate categories.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/dis...

http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract...

http://drnelson.utmem.edu/MHEL.intro.htm...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10381...

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf128/s...

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/87/12/45...

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/r...

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.ri...

http://comenius.susqu.edu/bi/202/Journal...

http://www.palaeos.org/Kingdom

http://www.ontarioprofessionals.com/weir...

http://www.mycolog.com/CHAP1.htm

http://kingdomprotista.blogspot.com/

http://www.iusd.org/uhs/apbiology/Unit%2...