Periphytic ciliates in three shallow lakes in eastern Poland: A comparative study between a phytoplankton-dominated lake, a phytoplankton-macrophyte lake and a macrophyte-dominated lake

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-600

  Mieczan, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alternative stable state concept; Ciliates; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 77957153845     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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