Records of free-living ciliates in Saudi Arabia. I. Marine interstitial ciliates of the Arabian Gulf Islands of Al-Bātinah and Abū Ali

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 747-765

  Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHOS; CHECK LISTS; CHECKLIST; CILIATE; COASTAL ZONE; INFAUNA; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; NEW RECORD; NEW RECORDS; SALTMARSH;

PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA, ABU ALI; SAUDI ARABIA, AL-BATINAH;

EID: 0030302670     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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