Tolerance of benthic foraminifera (Protista: Sarcodina) to hydrogen sulphide

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 169, Issue , 1998, Pages 77-86

  Moodley, L ^a   Schaub, B E M ^a   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^b,c   Herman, P M J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Hydrogen sulphide; Laboratory experiments; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COASTAL WATERS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; TOLERANCE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SARCODINA;

EID: 0032490846     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps169077     Document Type: Article

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