Community structure and seasonal dynamics of planktonic ciliates along salinity gradients

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-319

  Lei, Yanli ^a,b   Xu, Kuidong ^a   Ki Choi, Joong ^b   Pyo Hong, Hyun ^b   Wickham, Stephen A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Protozoa; Salinity tolerance; Saltpan; Species diversity; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PH; SALINITY; SEASON; SOUTH KOREA; STAINING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CILIOPHORA; FIXATIVES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE;

CILIOPHORA; HETEROTRICHIDA; OLIGOTRICHS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70649083335     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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