Comparing taxonomic and morphological biodiversity of tintinnids (planktonic ciliates) of New Caledonia

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 950-958

  Dolan, J R ^a   Jacquet, S ^b   Torreton J P ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CILIATE; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW CALEDONIA [NEW CALEDONIA (DPN)]; NOUMEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA; LORICA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 33645071567     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.2.0950     Document Type: Article

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