First report on the colony-forming freshwater ciliate Ophrydium versatile in an African river

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-322

  Oberholster, P J ^a   Ashton, P J ^a   Fritz, G B ^b   Botha, A M ^c  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lapalala river; Oligotrophic indicator; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LAPALALA RIVER; LIMNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OLIGOTROPHIC CONDITIONS; OLIGOTROPHIC INDICATOR; PLANKTONIC DIATOMS; SAMPLING PERIOD; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

BEDROCK; CILIATE; COLONY FOUNDING; DIATOM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIMNOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PICOPLANKTON; SYMBIONT; TAXONOMY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EUROPE; LEPHALALA RIVER; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; GOMPHONEMA; OPHRYDIUM VERSATILE;

EID: 77954267326     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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