Response of benthic protozoa and thraustochytrid protists to fish farm impact in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) and soft-bottom sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-276

  Bongiorni, Lucia ^a   Mirto, Simone ^a   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH CULTURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; PROTIST; PROTOZOAN; SEAGRASS;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SEDIMENT;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROTOZOA; SEAWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 28244489862     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-0117-4     Document Type: Article

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