Disturbance and the species composition of rain pool microbial communities

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-102

  McGrady Steed, Jill ^a   Morin, Peter J ^a  

^a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTIST; RAIN POOL;

METAZOA;

EID: 0030303735     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545751     Document Type: Article

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