Microzooplankton (tintinnid ciliates) diversity: Coastal community structure and driving mechanisms in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-170

  Sitran, R ^a,b   Bergamasco, A ^a   Decembrini, F ^a   Guglielmo, L ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; HYDROGRAPHY; MICROPLANKTON; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

CILIOPHORA; DADAYIELLA GANYMEDES; LORICA; STENOSEMELLA NIVALIS; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNOPSIS BEROIDEA; TINTINNOPSIS SP.;

EID: 58549085767     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn111     Document Type: Article

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