Changes in the testacean community structure along small soil profiles

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-406

  Vincke, Sofie ^a   Van De Vijver, Bart ^b   Nijs, Ivan ^a   Beyens, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community structure; le de la possession; Morphological soil test types; Peaty valley soils; Soil sampling strategy; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); ASSULINA; CENTROPYXIS; CORYTHION; HELEOPERA; NEBELA; PROTOZOA; RHIZOPODA; TESTACEALOBOSIA; TRINEMA;

EID: 33845503502     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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