Morphology and ecology of the cosmopolitan ciliate prorodon viridis

Archiv fur Protistenkunde

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-188

  Esteban, Genoveva F ^a   Finlay, Bland J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oxygen gradient; Planktonic ciliates; Prostomatids; Symbiosis; Zoochlorellae

Indexed keywords

PRORODON VIRIDIS;

EID: 0030753037     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(96)80032-7     Document Type: Article

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