Dynamics of ciliate abundance, biomass and community composition in an oligotrophic coastal environment (NW Mediterranean)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-83

  Vaqué, Dolors ^a   Blough, Heather A ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ciliate abundance and biomass; Coastal area; Community composition; Rainfall; Temporal variabilty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002558730     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012071     Document Type: Article

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