Spatial Distribution of Gymnamoebae (Rhizopoda, Lobosea) in Brackish-Water Sediments at the Scale of Centimeters and Millimeters

Protist

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 359-369

  Smirnov, Alexey ^a,b   Thar, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LOBOSEA; RHIZOPODA; SARCODINA;

EID: 0242625280     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/143446103322454121     Document Type: Article

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