Ecology of the active soil microfauna (Protozoa, Metazoa) of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-44

  Petz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FELLFIELD; MOSS; PROTOZOA; SOIL;

ANTARCTICA, WILKES LAND;

NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030620274     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050156     Document Type: Article

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