Relationships among ciliated protozoa and water chemistry in small peat-bog reservoirs (Łȩczna-Włodawa Lakeland, Eastern Poland)

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-86

  Mieczan, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Peat bog reservoirs; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOMASS; CILIATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PEATLAND; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34547605970     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-007-0014-5     Document Type: Article

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