Community characteristics of soil ciliates at Baiyun Mountain, Guangzhou, China

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 713-723

  Li, Jing ^a   Li, Ming Guang ^a   Yang, Jian ^b   Ai, Ying ^c   Xu, Run Lin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Colpodid polyhymenophoran ratio; Community structure; Habitat; Soil ciliates

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SCHIMA SUPERBA; SPIROTRICHEA; TETRADIUM;

EID: 78649395572     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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