Ciliated protozoan communities and saprobic evaluation of water quality in the hilly zone of some tributaries of the Po River (northern Italy)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 541, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-69

  Madoni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciliate community; Homals analysis; Protista; Rhithron; River; Saprobity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYPOGRAPHY; HYPORHITHRON; SAPROBIC EVALUATION; TROPICAL REGIONS;

WATER QUALITY;

CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 21244499035     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-4667-8     Document Type: Article

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