Flagellates and heliozoans in the Greenland Sea ice studied alive using light microscopy

Polar Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 473-481

  Ikävalko, Johanna ^a,b,c   Gradinger, Rolf ^c  

^a Division of Hydrobiology ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOANOFLAGELLATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLAGELLATE; ICE COMMUNITIES; ICE ORGANISM; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PLANKTON;

GREENLAND SEA;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELIOZOA; KINETOPLASTIDA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 0030618551     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050145     Document Type: Article

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