Protozoa from aboveground and ground soils of a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico

Pedobiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-525

  Bamforth, Stuart S ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Biodiversity; Ciliates; Protozoa; Testate amoebae; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; RAINFOREST; SOIL FAUNA; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN NATIONAL FOREST; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33845214304     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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