Effects of commonly used fixatives on size parameters of freshwater planktonic protists

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 517-526

  Chaput, Olivier ^a   Carrias, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Conversion factors; Glutaraldehyde; Heterotrophic flagellates; Preservation techniques

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; PRESERVATION; PROTIST;

CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 0036422271     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/155/2002/517     Document Type: Article

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