Spatial and temporal variability in abundance and biomass of oligotrich ciliates in Kaštela Bay (middle Adriatic Sea)

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-109

  Bojanić, Natalia ^a   Vidjak, Olja ^a   Brautović, Igor ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adriatic Sea; Biomass; Oligotrich ciliates; Size categories

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CILIATE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 33846285769     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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