Protistan communities in aquifers: A review

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 261-275

  Novarino, Gianfranco ^a   Warren, Alan ^a   Butler, Helen ^b,f   Lambourne, Gail ^a   Boxshall, Abigail ^a   Bateman, Joseph ^a   Kinner, Nancy E ^c   Harvey, Ronald W ^d   Mosse, Rachel A ^e   Teltsch, Benjamin ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Aquifer; Ecology; Flagellate; Groundwater; Protist; Protozoa; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; GEOLOGY; MASSACHUSETTS; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030866686     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00046-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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