Temporal succession of tintinnids in the northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 495-508

  Sitran, Raffaella ^a   Bergamasco, Alessandro ^b   Decembrini, Franco ^b   Guglielmo, Letterio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DADAYIELLA GANYMEDES; LORICA; STEENSTRUPIELLA; STENOSEMELLA NIVALIS; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 34548415112     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm032     Document Type: Article

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