Influence of environmental characteristics on the distribution of ciliates in the River Henares (Central Spain)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 324, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-252

  Sola, Ana ^a   Longás, José Francisco ^c   Serrano, Susana ^b   Guinea, Almudena ^b  

^a GEOURBIS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ciliates; ecology; River Henares; saprobity; water quality

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SAPROBITY;

EID: 0029660180     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00016396     Document Type: Article

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