Processing of ingested matter in Strombidium sulcatum, a marine ciliate (Oligotrichida)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 393-397

  Dolan, John R ^a   Šimek, Karel ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CONTENT; DIGESTION; INGESTION; PROTOZOA;

CILIATA; CILIOPHORA; ISOCHRYSIS; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PROTOZOA; STROMBIDIUM SULCATUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030817168     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.2.0393     Document Type: Article

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