Contrasting dynamics of ciliate communities in sandy and silty sediments of an estuarine intertidal flat

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-250

  Hamels, Ilse ^a   Muylaert, Koenraad ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ciliates; Schelde estuary; Sediment characteristics; Species richness; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 27544510169     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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