Planktonic protist communities in a semi-enclosed mariculture pond: Structural variation and correlation with environmental conditions

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1353-1362

  Xu, Henglong ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Al Farraj, Saleh A ^c   Gong, Jun ^d   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Environmental stress; Microbial ecology; Shrimp farming; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MARICULTURE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POND; PROTIST; SHRIMP FISHERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; QINGDAO; SHANDONG;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; PROTISTA;

EID: 68949124007     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002129     Document Type: Article

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