Local versus global diversity of microorganisms: Cryptic diversity of ciliated protozoa

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-225

  Fenchel, Tom ^a   Esteban, Genoveva F ^b   Finlay, Bland J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROTOZOA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030755137     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546589     Document Type: Article

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