The interstitial ciliate microcommunity of a mediterranean sandy shore under differing hydrodynamic disturbances

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-259

  Lucchesi, Pia ^a   Santangelo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic ciliates; Hydrodynamic disturbance; Interstitial en vironment; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA;

CILIATES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERSTITIAL COMMUNITIES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, LIGURIAN SEA;

EID: 0031399431     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356205     Document Type: Article

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