Behavioural responses in oxygen gradients of ciliates from microbial mats

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Fenchel, Tom ^a,b   Bernard, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Marine Biological Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemosensory behaviour; Ciliates; Marine sediments; Microaerophily; Microbial mats; Oxygen gradients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030027387     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(96)80039-3     Document Type: Article

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