The ecology of testate amoebae (protists) in Sphagnum in north-western Poland in relation to peatland ecology

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-63

  Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^a   Mitchell, Edward A D ^b,c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMONITORING; DEPTH; MICROHABITAT; PALEOECOLOGY; PEATLAND; PROTIST;

ADAPTATION; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; POLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPHAGNOPSIDA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 26244446831     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-0105-8     Document Type: Article

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