Littoral protozoan assemblages from two Mexican hyposaline lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 381, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 9-13

  Lugo, Alfonso ^a   Alcocer, Javier ^a   Del Rosario Sanchez, Ma ^a   Escobar, Elva ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aufwuchs; Colonization; Crater lakes; Mexico; Polyurethane foam units; Saline lakes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PROTOZOA; SALINE LAKE;

MEXICO;

BODO CAUDATUS; CRYPTOMONAS OVATA; CYCLIDIUM GLAUCOMA; SPUMELLA TERMO; STYLONYCHIA NOTOPHORA;

EID: 0032466418     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003291927412     Document Type: Article

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