Distribution and abundance of thraustochytrids in different Mediterranean coastal habitats

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-56

  Bongiorni, Lucia ^a,b   Dini, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abundance; Mediterranean coasts; Seasonal variations; Species assemblages; Thraustochytrid protists

Indexed keywords

PROTISTA; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM;

EID: 0037184538     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030049     Document Type: Article

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