Surface films: Areas of water bodies that are often overlooked

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-145

  Wotton, Roger S ^a   Preston, Terence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Invertebrates; Pathogenic microorganisms; Protozoans; Surface film

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 13544273328     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0137:SFAOWB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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