Protozoan diversity: Converging estimates of the global number of free-living ciliate species

Protist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-37

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

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Biological Laboratory   (Denmark)

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EID: 0031869893     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1434-4610(98)70007-0     Document Type: Article

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