From littoral to pelagial: Comparing the distribution of phytoplankton and ciliated protozoa along a transect

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 829-848

  Schweizer, Anette ^a  

^a Institut fur Seenforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTOZOA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION;

EUROPE, LAKE CONSTANCE;

EID: 0030612863     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.7.829     Document Type: Article

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