Epizoans on a tropical freshwater crustacean assemblage

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-276

  López, Carlos ^a   Ochoa, Enrique ^a   Páez, Rita ^a   Theis, Solange ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Crustacean zooplankton; Epistylis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEA; SYNEDRA;

CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; EPIBIONT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PROTOZOA; ZOOPLANKTON;

TULE RESERVOIR; VENEZUELA;

COPEPODA; EPISTYLIS; SYNEDRA;

EID: 2642650307     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF96037     Document Type: Article

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