Morphology and ecology in tintinnid ciliates of the marine plankton: Correlates of lorica dimensions

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Dolan, John R ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biodiversity; Ciliophora; Morphospecies; Niche; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; LORICA; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNOPSIS;

EID: 77957307563     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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