Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of Protozoa (flagellates, ciliates) and bacteria in Lake Kinneret, Israel

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Hadas, Ora ^a   Berman, Tom ^a  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ciliates; HNAN; Lake Kinneret

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLEPS HIRTUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PERIDINIUM GATUNENSE; PROTOZOA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0001595601     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame014161     Document Type: Article

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