Taxonomic confusion blurs the debate on cosmopolitanism versus local endemism of free-living protists

Protist

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-267

  Mitchell, Edward A D ^a,b   Meisterfeld, Ralf ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 27544468254     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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