Community structure of marine sedimentary protists in relation to flow and grain size

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-104

  Shimeta, Jeff ^a,d   Gast, Rebecca J ^b   Rose, Julie M ^c  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic; Ciliates; Community structure; DGGE; Diatoms; Flow; Grain size

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; KARYORELICTEA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 42149186363     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame048091     Document Type: Article

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