Seasonal abundances and community structure of benthic rhizopods in shallow lagoons of the southern Baltic Sea

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Garstecki, Tobias ^a,b   Arndt, Hartmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Benthos; Microbial food web; Protozoa; Sediment

Indexed keywords

GYMNAMOEBIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RHIZOPODA; SARCODINA; SCHIZOPYRENIDA;

EID: 0034604174     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(00)80027-9     Document Type: Article

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