Growth rates of marine ciliates on diverse organisms reveal ecological specializations within morphospecies

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-22

  Dini, F ^a   Nyberg, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREEDING; GROWTH;

DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE;

EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES CRASSUS; EUPLOTES MINUTA; EUPLOTES VANNUS;

EID: 0032908727     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900126     Document Type: Article

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