A review of marine and brackish water interstitial ciliates from the Arabian Gulf, its offshore islands and Al Hassa Oasis with notes on their ecological status and recovery after the 1991 Gulf War oil spill

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-368

  Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

CILIOPHORA; HAPTORIDA; HETEROTRICHIDA; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; HYPOTRICHIA; KARYORELICTEA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PLEUROSTOMATIDA; PROSTOMATIDA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; SYNHYMENIIDA; TRICHOSTOMATIA;

EID: 0033365394     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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