Heterotrophic flagellates from the water column in Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-194

  Tong, S M ^a   Nygaard, K ^b   Bernard, C ^c   Vors N ^c   Patterson, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthocorbis; Acanthoeca; Amastigomonas; Ancyromonas; Bicosoeca; Bicosta; Biogeography; Bodo; Caecitellus; Cafeteria; Calliacantha; Calotheca; Campyloacantha; Ciliophrys; Commation; Cosmoeca; Crinolina; Crucispina; Developayella; Diaphanoeca; Dimastigella; Diplonema; Discocelis; Ebria; Flagellates; Goniomonas; Hemistasia; Kiitoksia; Leucocryptos; Massisteria; Metopion; Metromonas; Ministeria; Nannoeca; Noctiluca; Paraphysomonas; Parvicorbicula; Percolomonas; Petalomonas; Platypleura; Pleurasiga; Ploeotia; Polyfibula; Protaspis; Protista; Protozoa; Pseudobodo; Pteridomonas; Rhynchomonas; Rhynchopus; Salpingoeca; Stephanoeca; Syndetophyllum; Telonema

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032537585     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(98)80027-8     Document Type: Article

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