Abundances and diversity of gymnamoebae associated with earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) middens in a Northeastern U.S. forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1213-1216

  Anderson, O Roger ^a   Bohlen, Patrick J ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST; GYMNAMOEBAE;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0032145971     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00247-2     Document Type: Article

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