Seasonal influences on the ecology of testate amoebae (Protozoa) in a small Sphagnum peatland in Southern Ontario, Canada

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-100

  Warner, Barry G ^a   Asada, Taro ^a   Quinn, Noel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ONTARIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

ERICACEAE; HABROTROCHA ANGUSTICOLLIS; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA MARIANA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 34447130408     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9176-z     Document Type: Article

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