Annual cycle of the microzooplankton communities in the waters surrounding the Palm Island Nature Reserve (North Lebanon), with special attention to tintinnids

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 55-76

  Saab, M Abboud Abi ^a  

^a National Center for Marine Sciences   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Eastern mediterranean; Islands; Microzooplankton communities; Tintinnid diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744438227     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.248     Document Type: Article

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