Size spectra and abundance of planktonic ciliates within various habitats in a macrophyte-dominated lake (Eastern Poland)

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Mieczan, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Macrophytes; Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

CERATOPHYLLUM; CHARA; CILIOPHORA; ELODEA; PHRAGMITES; STRATIOTES; TYPHA;

EID: 34547565453     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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