Habitat selection of aquatic testate amoebae communities on Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), West Greenland

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-263

  Mattheeussen, Roel ^a   Ledeganck, Pieter ^a   Vincke, Sofie ^a   Van De Vijver, Bart ^a   Nijs, Ivan ^a   Beyens, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arctic; Disko Island; Ecology; Filosa; Greenland; Homothermic system; LF index; Lobosa; Multivariate community analysis; Qeqertarsuaq; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); ASSULINA MUSCORUM; CENTROPYXIS; CENTROPYXIS AEROPHILA; DIFFLUGIA; DIFFLUGIELLA CRENULATA; EUGLYPHA; GLANS; HETEROLOBOSEA; PRISTIS; TRINEMA LINEARE;

EID: 24344440774     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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