Ubiquitous microbes and ecosystem function

Limnetica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-43

  Finlay, B J ^a   Esteban, G F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ciliates; Geographic distribution; Protozoa; Ubiquity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746577502     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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