Abundance of terrestrial gymnamoebae at a northeastern U.S. site: A four-year study, including the El Nino winter of 1997-1998

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-155

  Anderson, O R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Climate; Diversity; Food webs; Microbial ecology; Protozoan physiology; Terrestrial ecology

Indexed keywords

CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENT; GYMNAMOEBAE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTOZOA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034080796     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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