Ciliate plankton dynamics and survey of ciliate diversity in the Salton Sea, California, 1997-1999

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 606-619

  Tiffany, Mary A ^a   Swan, Brandon K ^b   Gebler, Glenn F ^c   Cole, Jeffrey C ^c   González, Maria R ^d   Reifel, Kristen M ^e   Watts, James M ^f   Small, Eugene B ^c   Hurlbert, Stuart H ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anoxia; Apocyclops dimorphus; Condylostoma; Favella; phytoplankton; polymixis; saline lakes; Sonderia; sulfide; tilapia

Indexed keywords

APOCYCLOPS; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CILIOPHORA; CONDYLOSTOMA; COPEPODA; FAVELLA; HELIOZOA; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; POLYCHAETA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; SONDERIA; THORACICA; TILAPIA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 77954278752     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140709354040     Document Type: Article

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