Planktonic ciliates in the Mediterranean Sea: Longitudinal trends

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2025-2039

  Dolan, J R ^a   Vidussi, F ^a   Claustre, H ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032752053     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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