Colonization and succession of ciliated protozoa associated with submerged leaves in a river

Limnologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-283

  Franco, Carmen ^a   Esteban, Genoveva F ^a,b   Téllez, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; PROTOZOA; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0032436270     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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