Development of ciliate community on artificial substrates associated with vertical gradients of environmental conditions in a karstic lake

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-527

  Primc Habdija, Biserka ^a,b   Habdija, Ivan ^a,b   Matoničkin, Renata ^a,b   Špoljar, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Lakes; Periphyton; Tufa deposit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOMASS; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION;

CILIOPHORA; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); SUCTORIA;

EID: 29744433303     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0513     Document Type: Article

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