Pelagic ciliated protozoa in a shallow eutrophic lake: Community structure and seasonal dynamics

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 495-511

  Zingel, Priit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; LAKE; MICROORGANISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PROTOZOA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ESTONIA; LAKE VORTSJARV;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; OLIGOTRICHS; PROTOZOA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 0032762417     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/146/1999/495     Document Type: Article

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