Interstitial ciliates: Benthic microaerophiles or planktonic anaerobes?

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 356-359

  Hayward, Brett H ^a   Droste, Rita ^a   Epstein, Slava S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Anoxic; Geleia; Hypoxia; Interstitial ciliates; Microaerophiles; Plankton; Tracheloraphis

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CILIATE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MASSACHUSETTS; OXYGEN; WATER;

CILIOPHORA; GELEIA; TRACHELORAPHIS; TRACHELORAPHIS SP.;

EID: 0141676017     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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