Cryptic freshwater amoeba species in the bottom sediments of Nivå Bay (Øresund, Baltic Sea)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-94

  Smirnov, Alexey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Biodiversity; Cryptic diversity; Ecology; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249286253     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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