Consumption rates of six species of marine benthic naked amoebae (Gymnamoebia) from sediments in the Clyde Sea area

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 989-997

  Butler, Helen ^a,c   Rogerson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GYMNAMOEBIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030685077     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400038571     Document Type: Article

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