Ecology of testate amoebae (thecamoebians) in subtropical Florida lakes

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 715-731

  Escobar, Jaime ^a   Brenner, Mark ^a   Whitmore, Thomas J ^b   Kenney, William F ^a   Curtis, Jason H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida lakes; Lake sediment; pH; Testate amoebae; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOINDICATOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PROTOZOAN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMOEBA (GENUS); RHIZOPODA;

EID: 46649092949     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9195-5     Document Type: Article

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