Spatial and temporal patterns in the occurrence of peritrich ciliates as epibionts on calanoid copepods in the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-244

  Utz, Laura R P ^a,b,c   Coats, D Wayne ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acartia tonsa; Epibiosis; Epistylis; Estuary; Eurytemora affinis; Infestation; Protist; Zooplankton; Zoothamnium intermedium

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CILIATE; EPIBIONT; ESTUARY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; PROTIST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA TONSA; CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; EPISTYLIS; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; ZOOTHAMNIUM;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; COPEPOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 27744593724     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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