An investigation of the tolerance to ammonia of the marine ciliate Euplotes vannus (Protozoa, Ciliophora)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 519, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Xu, Henglong ^a,b   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bioassay; Ciliate protozoa; Euplotes vannus; Growth inhibition; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; OCEAN HABITATS; PH EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

MARINE CILIATE; OYSTERS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; CILIATE; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES VANNUS; OSTREIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3442875953     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026505.91684.ab     Document Type: Article

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