Standing crops and vertical distribution of four groups of marine planktonic ciliates in relation to phytoplankton chlorophyll a

Marine Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-382

  Suzuki, T ^a,b   Taniguchi, A ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0031774229     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050404     Document Type: Article

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