An under-appreciated component of biodiversity in plankton communities: The role of protozoa in Lake Michigan (a case study)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 551, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-32

  Carrick, Hunter J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Plankton; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; PELAGIC FOOD WEBS; SEDIMENTATION LOSSES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; PROTOZOAN;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHROMULINA; CILIOPHORA; CODONELLA; CRUSTACEA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; PROTOZOA; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNIDIUM;

EID: 26444615387     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4447-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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